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reply posted on 7-5-2008 @ 06:17 AM by Phil J. Fry
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Sorry, but wrong. Antimatter is very real and already being "produced" in very very small amounts (1 billionth of a gram in the last 10 years) at CERN
Too complicated for a weapon and at least at the moment much too pricey to produce at weapon grade.

Most effective weapon - nature and it's mechanisms, if used against anything. Just look at how many entire species it has destroyed during the last few million years and when you consider that a simple little thing like the influenza virus could wipe us off the planet in a matter of weeks, you can realize it's potential. And sooner or later this nature thing will start to take a good look at us, remind us of the good old balance thing that has worked for quite a time now and we'll see that we didn't think our cunning plan all the way through.

And there's not even a need for any kind of intelligence.


[edit on 7-5-2008 by Phil J. Fry]


reply posted on 19-8-2008 @ 09:47 AM by stratsys-sws
I'm with Vanguard on that one, and agree with Westy on the philosophical rubbish!

The Ohio class, as a complete standalone weapon system has to be the most powerful weapon currently in service, or ever in service. Controlled be a couple of men, the potential to kill millions, by far the most powerful weapon system every developed.

I see biological weapons as the next most lethal, and only second to nukes due to their development being banned by international protocol, and their self limiting nature. The Russians had a substantial development program until 1992, this is now decommissioned.
I believe the use of these weapons is self restricting, that is to say that once introduced into a population the virus cannot be easily controlled or restrained. A virus could easily mutate, negating the affect of immunisation programs deployed by the weapon releaser, therefore risking the ultimate 'back-fire'.

Chemical weapons come third, limited by the ability to deploy the agent over a massive area via aerosol.
One book I read recently described the use of cooling systems used in ,typically American, facilities such as football stadiums and theme parks. These cooling devices spray a fine mist of water in front of a high power fan, blowing cooling water over the crowd.
The book hypothocised that a terrorist could contaminate the water supply with either a chemical or biological agent, thus providing the perfect weapon delivery to 1000's of people. If the agent were biological, secondary transmission could occur thus infecting many more than those present at the event. On the other hand, nerve agents such as Sarin, VX, Cyclosarin, Tabun etc would only affect the local population who come in contact with the vapour, secondary transmission would be unlikely due to the high volatility of these agents.

As for anti-matter weapons, they are total fantasy. Sure, anti-matter exists, but to create anywhere near enough to use as a viable weapon would take billions of years. The Athena and Atrap experiments at CERN produced millions of antihydrogen atoms, even if you took all the antimatter ever created at CERN and anilihated it, you would have enough power to light a 60W bulb for a couple of minutes.
To create enough to use as a WMD it would take literally billions of years! see CERN website
Two billion years to make a bomb equivalent to the hiroshima weapon.

So....nuclear weapon systems it is.

Cheers

Robbie


reply posted on 20-8-2008 @ 05:56 PM by Vanguard223
Cocaine is a terrible drug.
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