Talk:AIF/@comment-10905876-20161005055109

OOC: Pure antimatter weapons are a bit dangerous, so, yeah...

IC

-Report to General Tenere, CINCIKAF-

General, as you know, the current strategic arsenal is being built around antimatter warheads. These antimatter warheads are however, very dangerous, and the antimatter they contain is very expensive. In addition, the aerospace fleet has been demanding more of the Imperial Alliance's antimatter reserves to help fuel their fleet.

To help remedy the situation, the Ministry of Weapons Development has begun development of antimatter catalyzed fusion warheads. These weapons operate much like conventional hydrogen bombs, however replace the fission based initiator with an antimatter based device. This reduces long term radiation fallout, whist still allowing increased yield.

This new weapon will also allow for improved safety. They will also be smaller for a given yield than previous weapons. Standard yields being produced will be as follows.

40mt standard warhead, will be deployed as the standard MIRV warhead, and as the standard air dropped weapon.

100mt large warhead. To be used as an anti-fleet weapon mounted on MCM and Comet platforms.

Development of a 300mt weapon is also being considered, but has not been approved at this time.

Two weeks is estimated to finalize work on the project, with more time needed to produce the weapons.

-End Report-