[Vortex]

Before 4 years the first antimatter atoms were created in the European Nuclear research institute. Until then antimatter was just a thery. It became reality. Antimatter atoms are VERY unstable and have a big energy cargo. 1 gramm of antimatter has the power of the atomic bomb of Hiroshima. Of course for NOW 1 gramm is a HUGE quantity for being produced, but in the future? Do you believe the super-bomb will be reality one day?

[ATMyller]

Theoretically it is possible, but in practice not so easy.
You will need an antiproton source (GeV class particle accelerator), positron scource (radioactive sodium) and liquid helium cooled magnetic trap just to get and store 100 or so antihydrogen atoms per second. In order to get just 1 gram you'll need to run the whole setup 24/7 for 1.9*10¹⁴ years. The electric bill alone would bankrupt a small country in matter of years.

[Vortex]

No i am not saying that a civilian can do that. of course NO. I am saying in the level of a state can be done? e.g in Los Alamos can they do this? If not today how about in 10-15 years? 

[ATMyller]

Of course you need covermental backup since antiproton scources are such a rarity. As far as I know there are only three facilities capable of reaching such high energies CERN, Fermilab and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Even with suffient funds and a particle accelerator with diameter of several kilometers the project will take longer than expected life-cycle of the sun.

[Vortex]

I sent an email to CERN and the answer i took was: "No"... Just like that.

[Donaldson Tan]

Such a bomb will bankrupt the military. It must be a cost-effective weapon too in order for the Military to take it up.

[Vortex]

Such a bomb will bankrupt the military. It must be a cost-effective weapon too in order for the Military to take it up.

If the creation was possible i dont believe the cost would be a problem. (For US at least) An antimatter bomb would be a "super-nova" weapon and everyone would like to have it.

[Vortex]

I want to tell you that the movie that "inspired" all this talk about antimatter bomb comes to the cinemas. "Angels and Deamons" with Tom hanks.

-I dont know maybe in USA its already in the cinemas-here not yet.

[kd.gns]

I'd like to point out that Angels and Demons is a work of fiction, needless to say, artistic license was used frequently in both the book and the movie, take it as a form of entertainment, not as inspiration.