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Kruno
05-19-03, 10:24 PM
It's true. A little bird told me so. :bleh:

So when will we see some REAL anti-matter weapons?
Phyre
05-19-03, 11:08 PM
I would be more impressed when we start realizing how man can benefit from such technology than building stupid weapons from it. I guess we haven't learned anything from nuclear technology. Damned Earth people.

Granted, weapons are good, but why is it always weapons before good use?

Phyre
The Baron
05-19-03, 11:19 PM
Cause 'splosions kick ass, of course.
UDawg
05-19-03, 11:49 PM
If there wern't weapons there would be no gibs. If there are no gibs there would be no NVews forum. :p If there was not Nvnews forum....I would have a life....:bleh...wait...I... awww shucks. I guess it's true. :o
Kruno
05-20-03, 03:40 AM
Originally posted by Phyre
I would be more impressed when we start realizing how man can benefit from such technology than building stupid weapons from it. I guess we haven't learned anything from nuclear technology. Damned Earth people.

Granted, weapons are good, but why is it always weapons before good use?

Phyre

Because I want to see it in some ****ing games. :lol:
SurfMonkey
05-20-03, 04:29 AM
I don't think they'd really be using anti-matter in a bunker buster. It would be ridiculously expensive, they'd be more likely to use a depleted uranium tip couple with some nice shaped charges that deliver a small tnd. All wrapped up in ribbon ;)
1stFlight
05-20-03, 04:48 AM
The problem they've run into with anti-matter is twofold

1) It's horribly expensive to make
2) It's horribly difficult to store, so far they've only been able to capture and store a few atoms of it for a few minutes.

Basically give it a few more years.

Originally posted by K.I.L.E.R
It's true. A little bird told me so. :bleh:

So when will we see some REAL anti-matter weapons?
Kruno
05-20-03, 06:31 AM
So what would be the payload like? I heard you can crater half the earth literally. :eek:
Ryoko
05-20-03, 09:44 AM
Originally posted by K.I.L.E.R
So what would be the payload like? I heard you can crater half the earth literally. :eek:

last i heard, 48 megatons from 1000KG of antimatter (i think). imagine a 6 ton ICBM...
LiquidX
05-20-03, 11:17 AM
What is a Anti-matter bunker buster bomb....what does it do? :( :confused:.



Edit: Can't find it on yahoo.
Ryoko
05-20-03, 11:20 AM
Originally posted by LiquidX
What is a Anti-matter bunker buster bomb

it is a figment of KILER's imagination.

Originally posted by LiquidX
....what does it do? :( :confused:.

it makes you ask questions.

:p
LiquidX
05-20-03, 11:24 AM
oh.........
The Baron
05-20-03, 01:08 PM
Yeah, considering they can make like one milligram of antimatter per month, I don't think it's in any bunker busters. ;)
1stFlight
05-20-03, 06:40 PM
I remember a NASA interview where it was said an ounce of the stuff could launch the shuttle.

As for what it does, it reacts with matter, totally. All that e=MC[2] stuff brough to reality. When it contacts "normal" matter the two annihilate one another leaving gamma radiation (just about as high on the EM scale as you can get), and a few subatomic particles.

Originally posted by K.I.L.E.R
So what would be the payload like? I heard you can crater half the earth literally. :eek: