Chapter 462: The Spear of Antimatter (I)

[In the case of gamma ray cannons, it's easy. As it says, the structure is indeed very simple, and the original nuclear radiation materials inside have been eliminated, and an antimatter container is directly replaced by the vacancy of these nuclear radiation materials.

As long as the hydrogen gas mass is sprayed inside the container containing the anti-hydrogen gas mass, a large number of gamma rays will be released, and the power is at least hundreds or thousands of times higher than the previous version of the old design, both the range and the power are crushing for the old version.

However, this is also not good, because the gamma rays emitted by antimatter are too strong, and the original anti-radiation design can no longer effectively defend against the gamma rays released in the barrel.

This is similar to the replacement of artillery recharge with a letter, because the power of the recharge has been greatly increased, and the gun speed and range have increased significantly, but this also means that the strength of the original gun barrel can no longer effectively restrain the explosion of the recharge, and once used, it will injure the user.

The oolong thing of dying of their own gamma rays was obviously not something that the collectors wanted to see, so they began to redesign the gamma ray protection layer, as well as the solid-state helium cooling system, which was the same as the previous antimatter propulsion, except that the antimatter propelled was a trumpet-shaped vent, and the gamma-ray cannon was a long barrel.

"However, pulse weapons have a range limit after all, but they are only extended by the high energy of antimatter." What's wrong?

Is the gamma ray cannon still flawed? 】

"No, it's not that, I'm just thinking that gamma rays shouldn't be enough for the battles we might encounter in the future." Hogu explains his thoughts to Twilight.

"The existence of antimatter makes it possible to fight on a large scale in the universe, but it also means that the combat mode will be different from the past." [Different?

How is it different? 】

"For example, antimatter propulsion can travel at sub-light speeds, while radar waves are capped at the speed of light, which means that the 'eyes' and 'hands' are about the same, and if we are facing an enemy who also has antimatter, the battle on both sides is likely to be fought in a surprise manner rather than in line with guns"

"So we should consider more other types of weapons, such as moving the sub-light cannon to the universe Zheng" Hogu announced his idea to the life field channel, and other collectors received it and digitized it, and passed it on to collectors on other planets through radio communication.

There are two copies of the genetic blueprint, the first is a cannon, the barrel is a circle of low-temperature superconducting rings, which is used to generate a strong magnetic field, but strangely, the barrel of this cannon is not long, and it has a gamma ray protection layer.

The second part is an antimatter shell with equal parts of anti-hydrogen gas mass and hydrogen gas mass inside the shell. Together, these two are the ship-based sub-light guns conceived by Hogu.

The cannon is an electromagnetic cannon, although it can accelerate and restrain the cannonball, but it is not enough to increase the speed of the cannonball to sub-light speed, it is just a normal electromagnetic cannon.

When the shell moves forward, the inertial pressure will squeeze the positive and antimatter into the space behind it to annihilate the reaction, and the huge energy will raise the physical warhead to sub-light speed before it leaves the barrel of the electromagnetic gun.

The cannon's defense against gamma rays is designed for just that. Because the shell is a disposable thing, there is no need to consider the heat dissipation of the shell, leaving a vacuum interlayer in the middle of the shell, the vacuum is a good thermal insulation layer, and the heat energy of the huge gamma rays will only be trapped in the second half of the shell, and only the second half will be melted into a plasma state.

The advantage of this design is that it has strong applicability, and the requirements for the external environment are not high, even if the artillery is used, the same effect can be achieved, as long as the cannonball itself can be given kinetic energy to form enough inertial pressure, even if the cannonball is thrown by hand, it can also make the cannonball reach sub-light speed.

If it is a traditional magnetic orbit to accelerate, it is also possible, but it is more troublesome to use, and the vulnerability is more obvious, after all, to accelerate the shell, it is necessary to maintain a stable internal electric field, and if it is damaged, it cannot be maintained, and due to the large volume, whether it is to check the damage or defend the repair, it takes more time and energy, and it also requires a long-term high-intensity magnetic field and energy supply when accelerating, so it is not very suitable for the interstellar battlefield.

[This design is very interesting, worthy of Huogu. 】

"It's the most powerful tool we have at our disposal, but it's far from enough, and we need to prevent it from happening, so we need more offensive means that can match it." Aside from the sub-light cannon and gamma rays, there is nothing too ideal on the Hogu side for large-scale interstellar warfare.

"Will, in addition to these two, we can also cause a supernova explosion, it's not complicated, the Empire has already told us how to detonate it." Some gatherers echoed Hogu's words by proposing a third devastating weapon of mass destruction, which was far more terrifying than the first two weapons - the black hole bomb.

It is not difficult to make a black hole bomb, it requires antimatter and high-density matter to make an artificial black hole, and all that remains is to put the black hole into the star before evaporation, and the supernova will explode.

It is not difficult to obtain a high-density substance, as long as a shaft is dug on the planet tens of thousands of kilometers deep, and then filled with liquid water, the water pressure at the bottom of the shaft will naturally produce a high-density substance.

Then take out this high-density substance under the condition of ensuring high pressure, wrap a large amount of antimatter, and a bomb that can explode a mass black hole is also a finished product.

There is no need to include deuterium-tritium, which can initiate nuclear fusion, as the Hogu are large enough to allow them to use such a squandering antimatter design.

The power of this bomb lies not in the black hole itself after the explosion, but in the supernova explosion, which is the most terrifying cosmic disaster in the observable universe.

The first mass extinction on Earth was caused by a gamma-ray burst of supernova eruptions, but fortunately the Earth is far away, otherwise the Earth's ecosphere may not still exist.

The only extreme bodies that can resist supernova explosions are black holes and pulsars. The Black Hole Bomb is a great weapon of destruction that is quite suitable for a war of destruction, and if you encounter a rather terrifying and tricky opponent in the future, it is not a good choice to artificially trigger a supernova explosion from the stars on the battlefield within ten light-length years - Hogu assessed the strategic value of this weapon in his heart.