2006-07-07 05:46:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
first off, antimatter is real, and we know how to make it and keep it. second, whenever a new technology is developed, it is rapidly applied to weapon design.
So, however it ends up being used (a power source, trigger, or some unforseen application), it will probably end up in modern or near post modern weapon designs.
I'm sure that anyone who can actually answer this question with authority are required to keep their big maufs shut, so I refer to their public documentation.
2006-07-07 05:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by George_Orwin_Jr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are already designing and developing normal-matter charged- and neutral-particle accelerator weapons systems (CPAWS and NPAWS)
Given that antimatter must be kept out of contact with normal matter, and that the best facilities we now have for doing so are the magnetic containment and storage rings of particle accelerators, it seems a foregone conclusion that we will eventually develop the antimatter-particle accelerator weapon system, APAWS.
It would have to be paired with another PAWS system in order to first 'punch' a hole through the atmosphere with normal particles; otherwise the antimatter would begin to react with the normal matter in the air as soon as it emerged from the business end!
However, once having surmounted this technical difficulty, we would then be able to apply antimatter in judicious amounts with pinpoint accuracy. This would overall be much less destructive than a simple bomb-type reaction and result in fewer deaths.
Armor will be of no use against it, since the antimatter will react with any normal matter. Even the defensive installations of the world's military, buried under mountains, would eventually be penetrated by such a weapon. It would probably require repeated applications, however.
A better use might be for instant, surgical strikes. A limitation would be the portability (or lack thereof) of the APAWS machinery.
As long as science and technology do not stand still, and as long as human nature does not change, you can count upon it that we will eventually develop APAWS. If we do not actually have to use them it will be to our great good fortune.
2006-07-07 06:20:50 · answer #2 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No mankind will not use anti matter as a weapon in our lifetime nor do i think that mankind would ever use such a destructive force on this planet. However, such a powerful force would on the other hand be effective in the case of deflecting and/or destroying near earth objects which may threaten the planet. Of course only could it be used safely at great distances from earth.
2006-07-07 05:53:53 · answer #3 · answered by noodle_212 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; we can't make enough in any reasonable amount of time for it to make any difference in any sort of conflict. Not only that, but storage and transportation is so difficult and expensive, the war would be over before we even got it to a battlefield, assuming we even could (portable Klein bottles haven't even really been invented yet)
2006-07-07 05:53:26 · answer #4 · answered by theyuks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Its really hard to launch an atomic supercollider 20 miles across at an enemy.
Bombs are much more convenient.
2006-07-07 06:14:25 · answer #5 · answered by Epidavros 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe . . . not anytime soon though. We still have no idea how to get our hands on more than a few sub-atomic particles of the stuff much less how to harness it into a controllable substance.
2006-07-07 06:04:37 · answer #6 · answered by Isis-sama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-07 05:53:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be stupid to do so... but people are kind of stupid when it comes to war and weapons, so we probably will...
2006-07-07 05:52:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋