Air Force Researching Antimatter Weapons

mlmitton writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that the Air Force is actively pursuing antimatter weapons. Such weapons would easy eclipse nuclear weapons in power, e.g., 1 gram of antimatter would equal 23 space shuttle fuel tanks of energy. Perhaps more interesting, after an initial inquiry by the Chronicle in the summer, the Air Force issued a gag order that prohibits any Air Force employee from discussing antimatter research or funding."

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Another Fed tax transfer program

[Ars-Fartsica]

We already have too many very dangerous world-obliterating weapons...so much so that we are afraid of proliferation to very bad people. We also know that the key to safety in the future will be about killing key individuals, not entire nations.

Hence this is yet another technique for transferring your tax dollars away from real security projects to the Boeing and TRW country club funds.

Pointless. Maybe to you Leftist Peaceniks...

[Saeed al-Sahaf]

Exactly what military threat do they envision where they need a bigger "boom" than what they have now?

It's not the "bigger boom", it's the dirty fallout that takes a lot of "freindlies" allong with the boom. Remember the neutron bomb PR fallout? Kills animal life but leaves economically valuble facilities intact? The Air Force would like to avoid that, we kill the Evil Doers, destroy the facilities, while avoiding nasty radioactive fallout.