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

Chapter 176 Antimatter Shells

"Then what is the second method?" The commander of the solar system fleet asked curiously.

"The second is a stupid method, that is to use electromagnetic guns or other weapons to directly fire antimatter as shells at the Trisolaran fleet."

"In order to avoid being lost halfway and being "scattered" during the annihilation process, this kind of "antimatter shell" not only needs to be attacked at close range, but also needs to launch a larger tonnage of antimatter at one time." Said.

Everyone understood this concept at once. It is equivalent to emitting ionized gas plasma, but it is only composed of antimatter, and its difficulty is definitely lower than the first one.

Because the controllable nuclear fusion researched by humans two centuries ago is to control high-temperature plasma.

However, the loss will be greater than the first one, because there is still thin matter in the universe, especially in the solar system, the antimatter that is emitted must be consumed.

The most important thing is that the annihilation process will also affect other non-annihilated antimatter.

"So what is the mass of an "antimatter shell"?" The Chief of Staff of the Solar System Defense Front asked curiously.

"Preliminarily set it at about 10 kilograms. A Star Destroyer stores 1 ton of antimatter and can fire 100 antimatter shells." Sai replied, which was also her careful consideration.

Because the total mass of water droplets is about 10 tons, and the strong interaction force materials account for even less of it.

Even considering the loss of the 10kg antimatter projectile, as long as it hits, it can have a considerable impact on the water droplets. In addition to the number of projectiles, there is a small probability of consuming the water droplets.

However, this number immediately aroused everyone's discussion, because the amount of antimatter required by Say was too much.

"Nowadays, all human beings can only produce 1 kilogram of antimatter a year. One shell like yours is equivalent to the antimatter produced by human beings in ten years." The president of the United Earth Fleet said.

"That's because humans haven't started large-scale production of antimatter now, but are only using it for experimental purposes. If large-scale production starts, the output can quickly increase."

"This is the reason why I proposed the antimatter manufacturing project here, that is to build an antimatter production base around the sun, and start to industrialize antimatter production as soon as possible." Say suggested.

"If there is technological progress in the future, so that the cost of human beings to produce antimatter is reduced, wouldn't it be a loss now?" asked the chairman of the Solar System Defense Front.

After all, antimatter production is still in the experimental stage, and it is indeed too radical to switch to industrial production all at once, so most people feel that Say is too anxious.

"The sophon barrier means that technological breakthroughs are difficult to occur, so since technological breakthroughs are unlikely to occur, we should start producing antimatter earlier and stockpile more antimatter." Say said.

"We now have quantum bodies and General Lin Yun's giant project, which has broken through the sophon barrier, and technological progress will happen." The president of the United Earth Fleet said confidently.

"Even if technology improves, the sun, a natural source of radiation, will not be abandoned. Before black holes can be used industrially, humans still have to use the sun to produce antimatter."

"What's more, the quantum body is too advanced for human beings, relying on it to make technological breakthroughs is extremely slow, we can't afford to wait." Say shook his head.

Of course, the reason why most high-level officials are full of trust in the quantum body is because they feel that the Trisolaran fleet will arrive on Earth in two centuries, and there is enough time to study basic science with the quantum body.

But it is a pity that the solar system will not be long after the water droplet, and the giant ship will definitely be one of the targets of the opponent at that time. It is unrealistic and delusional to expect to rely on two centuries to study basic science.

"Then what is your expected output?" the chairman of the Star Alliance asked curiously.

"We assume that humans have 2000 Star Destroyers during the Doomsday War, and considering the storage requirements for antimatter and the solar system defense system will also be used, the annual output of antimatter should be set at 300 tons."

"The production of 300 tons refers to the time of the Doomsday War. There are still more than two centuries before the Doomsday War. The antimatter production can be gradually increased in batches."

"At present, it is considered that the experiment of antimatter weapons requires a large amount of raw materials. The annual output of antimatter should be 20 tons within 40 years, so as to meet the experimental needs of antimatter weapons."

"Of course, this is the case when there is no major breakthrough in technology, but at the speed of modern technological development, it is estimated that there will be no major breakthrough in 20 years." Say said.

Everyone nodded after hearing this. If the annual output of antimatter can really reach 40 tons, then 10 kilograms of antimatter shells is indeed not a big consumption.

"The question is that the annual output of 40 tons is equivalent to 4 times the annual output of human antimatter. Will it consume too much money and energy?" asked the President of the United Earth Fleet.

"Actually not." The President of the Solar System Fleet got up and introduced: "Now we have proposed a new structure of antimatter production base, which also relies on solar radiation to produce antimatter."

"The difference is that this kind of antimatter production base is much more efficient, and its scale is also far beyond the traditional antimatter production base. Its annual antimatter production is about 10 kilograms."

"Of course, we don't have the ability to build this kind of antimatter production base at present, because there are still some technical difficulties that will occur near the sun, but it is expected to be completed within 1-3 years."

Speaking of the President of the Solar System Fleet, he activated the holographic projection on the table, and saw a behemoth appearing in front of everyone. This is a space man-made object with a strange structure.

"Once successful, we will publish the design drawings of the antimatter production base, and voluntarily send engineers to guide other human forces to build antimatter production bases." The President of the Solar System Fleet said,
These remarks immediately sparked discussion among the people. After all, this is technology disclosure, and no one wants to prostitute other people's technology for nothing.

The person who asked to disclose the antimatter production base was naturally Marshal Sai of the Solar System Fleet, because she knew that after this technology was made public, human antimatter production could be increased.

After all, human civilization is not limited to the solar system fleet as a political body, and other political bodies also have huge resources. Say expects them to create as much antimatter as possible.

In this way, the possibility of human beings defeating water droplets will be a little bit higher.

"What is the cost of producing antimatter at this kind of antimatter production base?" the President of the United Earth Fleet asked curiously.

"The antimatter manufacturing process relies entirely on solar radiation. Only maintaining the electric field consumes energy, and the engineering structure does not exceed modern technology. It is ordinary space engineering."

"According to our estimates, once such bases are put into use on a large scale near the sun, the cost of human beings to manufacture antimatter can be reduced by at least an order of magnitude."

Everyone nodded after hearing this. Although the cost is still extremely high, it is not impossible to raise the annual output of antimatter to 40 tons with the power of the entire human civilization.

(End of this chapter)