I am reborn as Sai, but the animation three-body

Chapter 175 Weaponized Antimatter
The sun, it is the source of life on the earth, the only star in the solar system, and also the driving force that drives Trisolarans to travel across four light-years.

Because there are really no resources to be mined here, so in the past development and construction of the economic circle around the solar system, only the Astrophysical Association has set up a space station responsible for scientific research near the sun.

Later, after Cheng Xin proposed the galaxy defense system, this place received a rare degree of attention. However, the galaxy defense system is currently planned between Mars and Jupiter, so the vicinity of the sun soon became desolate again.

But now, with the understanding of antimatter manufacturing by human beings, the two internationals have built several experimental antimatter production bases here, continuously producing antimatter.

Just like the development of near-Earth space and the moon in ancient times, these antimatter production bases do not belong to any political body in legal terms, but are the property of the Star Alliance.

But in fact, the antimatter they produce will only be taken away by the manufacturers of the antimatter production bases, and this most precious substance in human society cannot fall into the hands of an international organization like the Star Alliance.

At this moment, in a nearby space station, Say proposed to the Star Alliance to expand the scale of antimatter production, and suggested that the two internationals also participate in the antimatter production project.

"Why?" The chairman of the Solar System Defense Front was the first to ask curiously, because of the cost of manufacturing and maintenance, they are not optimistic about the weaponization of antimatter.

"It would consume a huge amount of energy just to preserve antimatter, not to mention producing antimatter, not to mention that this low-efficiency production will not be of much use in the military, why do you like it so much?" the President of the United States also asked.

Then Say told them about his idea, that is, the Trisolaran fleet may use strong interaction materials, and antimatter weapons can effectively wear down the opponent's armor.

"The trisolarans use strong interaction materials? This idea can be used to write science fiction." Just after Say finished speaking, the commander of the United Earth Fleet took the lead in mocking.

"You may not know how strong the strong interaction material is. The spaceship made of this thing can smash through a hundred earths. No human weapon can scratch this thing!" The director of the Solar System Defense Front also followed.

"But antimatter can deal with strong-interaction materials. As long as the raw material of strong-interaction materials is still matter, antimatter can annihilate them." Say retorted.

"It is impossible for the Trisolarans to create strong interaction materials!" said the Chief of Staff of the Solar System Defense Front: "Because this is not in line with science at all, and it is as unrealistic as shooting an arrow to the moon."

"Sophons don't conform to science either, at least they don't conform to our scientific level, but Trisolarans were created anyway," Say said.

"Okay, taking a step back, I think it's a shame to say this, as if Trisolarans can really make strong interaction materials."

"And then? Could they be so extravagant to use it as the armor plate of a battleship? Could they be powerful enough to produce this material casually?" said the Chief of Staff of the United Earth Fleet.

"To put it bluntly, if Trisolaran's warships were made of materials with strong interaction force, then we wouldn't have to fight. We could have surrendered like the Trisolaran fleet," said the President of the United Earth Fleet.

"I found that you have been wondering whether the Trisolarans can create strong interaction materials, okay, let's not mention this, assuming they can create other high-performance materials?"

"Don't tell me, you think Trisolarans are still using primitive things like nanomaterials as spaceship armor?" Sai really didn't have the heart to argue with the reply, so he took a step back.

"Of course it is impossible. The academic and military circles now widely believe that the outer protective material of the Trisolaran warship is a composite armor composed of critical alloys and new solid materials." The commander of the United Earth Fleet explained.

"What is a critical alloy?" Sai asked curiously.

Say had heard of new solid-state materials in the past, and knew that this thing was very popular until it was proved that it could not be manufactured. It was even hailed by Ray Diaz as a material for making earth cannons.

But she has never heard of this critical alloy. It sounds like it is related to super metals, but it is not exactly the same.

"A metal between ordinary metals and supermetals. The production principle is to use a magnetic field to squeeze the atoms between ordinary alloys and keep them in this state."

"Compared to ordinary alloys, the gaps between critical alloy atoms are smaller, and its density can reach several times that of ordinary alloys, and its physical properties have also changed accordingly."

"First of all, its hardness is beyond human imagination. Even diamonds are very fragile in front of this alloy. Secondly, its melting point is much higher than that of traditional alloys."

"Oh." Sai said absent-mindedly, and she immediately discovered that critical metals and new solid-state materials are the same thing, they are substances that are close to but cannot be regarded as degenerate substances.

These two materials are obviously not comparable to materials with strong interaction force. Unfortunately, if you don't believe that Trisolaran can make materials with strong interaction force, you can only climb up the pole.

"Okay, then let's assume that Trisolaran's spaceship is made of new solid materials and critical metals as the outer armor, so it must not be made very thick." Say said.

"Yes, at present we estimate that Trisolaran's spacecraft should be mainly made of critical alloys, and then three or four layers of new solid materials are plated in the middle, and its density is about four times that of gold." The chief of staff of the Solar System Defense Front said.

"4 times the density of gold, isn't it too bulky?" Sai couldn't help asking.

"It's not bulky, because this kind of composite armor doesn't need to be very thick at all. It only needs to be installed with a composite armor less than 1 meter thick, and it can withstand any attack except the Star Destroyer."

"What's more, with sophons and other detection methods that we don't know, Trisolarans can launch attacks from a super long distance, so there is no need to make the armor very thick."

"Hmm." Say nodded after hearing this, "Then this kind of armor made of new solid materials and critical metals must be positive matter, and antimatter must be able to annihilate it, right?"

"Yes, Marshal Say, but how do you plan to shoot antimatter onto Trisolaran's battleship? Outer space is not an absolute vacuum, especially in star systems, where antimatter will annihilate with positive matter."

"Two methods." Say activated the holographic projection: "The first one is to create a miniature magnetic field warehouse to store antimatter, and launch it as a cannonball."

"After the miniature magnetic field warehouse is close to the Trisolarans, it will eject the antimatter inside and hit the Trisolarans' battleship. The advantage of this method is that it can avoid the loss of antimatter as much as possible."

"In layman's terms, this is a smart shell. It will intelligently eject antimatter when it approaches the enemy."

(End of this chapter)