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June 14, 2004
Gamma Ray Bombs May Revolutionize Explosives TechnologyIt's not technically a nuclear bomb; there is no fission or fusion. But the explosive power comes from a high-energy nuclear isomer shedding energy in the form of gamma rays, and it could provide 1000 times the force of conventional chemical explosives: But in future there may be cheaper ways to create the hafnium isomer - by bombarding ordinary hafnium with high-energy photons, for example. Hill Roberts, chief scientist at SRS, believes that technology to produce gram quantities will exist within five years. The price is likely to be high - similar to enriched uranium, which costs thousands of dollars per kilogram - but unlike uranium it can be used in any quantity, as it does not require a critical mass to maintain the nuclear reaction. The hafnium explosive could be extremely powerful. One gram of fully charged hafnium isomer could store more energy than 50 kilograms of TNT. Miniature missiles could be made with warheads that are far more powerful than existing conventional weapons, giving massively enhanced firepower to the armed forces using them. The effect of a nuclear-isomer explosion would be to release high-energy gamma rays capable of killing any living thing in the immediate area. It would cause little fallout compared to a fission explosion, but any undetonated isomer would be dispersed as small radioactive particles, making it a somewhat "dirty" bomb. This material could cause long-term health problems for anybody who breathed it in. This article is actually from last year. I struck upon it because someone found my site searching for this information. posted by Ace at 09:31 PM
CommentsPuny human make Gamma Ray Bomb? HULK SMASH!!! Posted by: mhking on June 14, 2004 10:07 PM
That's why we have to do something about the Middle East. The killing power of these new technologies is scary, and if we don't clean up the cesspool over there, they will eventually acquire some scary shit. Posted by: Mark on June 14, 2004 10:41 PM
Fascinating stuff. It sounds like you could put a small piece on a vehicle or building and detonate it with a laser at your leisure. And miniature missles that are more powerful than the big ones we have now. Wow. So all those sci-fi movies with those ridiculous pistols that blow the shit out of everything in sight weren't so hokey after all. Posted by: rdbrewer on June 14, 2004 10:43 PM
Yeah, but with all that gamma radiation, wouldn't we end up having to deal with people turning big/green/strong and getting the proportional strength of spiders after getting bitten by radioactive ones and stuff? Posted by: nathan on June 15, 2004 04:00 AM
Gamma Ray would be a great name for a middleweight. In the blue corner, Gamma Ray Washington.... Posted by: Paul Zrimsek on June 15, 2004 10:50 AM
I've been following the hafnium stuff for a while, and the jury is still out on this. Don't dismiss it out of hand, but don't start investing in it any more than you started buying Palladium during the Cold Fusion business. Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta on June 15, 2004 11:10 AM
Gamma ray weaponry. Mini-missiles. This is exactly what I want my taxes paying for. Posted by: Alex on June 16, 2004 12:30 PM
There are a lot of ways to extinguish the human race. A large comet or asteroid impact is one of them, but global warming is not. Gamma rays definitely are one of the ways. Gamma rays are the great sterilizers of the universe. If there ever were intelligent beings out among the galaxies, they were probably extincted by gamma ray bursts. It only makes sense that the military would be interested in harnessing the G-ray. Posted by: PJ on June 16, 2004 02:57 PM
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Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary Ace's call for more acknowledgement of yacht rock has been answered. [TJM]
Kevin Costner: "We have to defend [Liz Cheney]. We have to protect her."
Softheaded liberal idiot.
I Love AI: Biden and Obama talk on the phone. Fake? You be the judge... [dri] (Fbomb warning)
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Ryan Long: Will being a woman be illegal under Trump?
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She also realizes that social media and the legacy media have "misled" her. Republicans aren't in a bubble. We all know what the left is thinking and saying because corrupt social media companies constantly push the Marxist propaganda media on us. It's the left that is sheltered and protected in curated spaces from ever hearing a dissenting point of view. Many of us might like to be in a bubble, but the Marxist propaganda media's domination, along with the Google/Microsoft determination that everyone's feeds must be stuffed full of the Marxist propaganda media ops, means we can't bubble up even if we'd want to.
A passionate speech at a city council meeting
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Weaponized government targeting Trump supporters cleaning up from Hurricane Milton. This is from The Daily Wire: “FEMA Official Ordered Relief Workers To Skip Houses With Trump Signs” [Buck]
Bounding Into Comics Article here This sissy has always been a tantrum-throwing manbaby. He's spiraling downwards. Good.
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