Can Quantum Physics be weaponized?

[Count Iblis]

Typo in my previous post: I meant the operator:

|dead><alive| + |alive><dead|

 

[haael]

Typo in my previous post: I meant the operator:

|dead><alive| + |alive><dead|

Only zombie is an eigenvector of such operator.

I thought of a better quantum weapon: take a very large count of fermions (quarks, electrons, whatever), speed it up to a high velocity relative to your enemy and set its trajectory so it goes through your enemy's heart.

 

[IcedEcliptic]

Only zombie is an eigenvector of such operator.

I thought of a better quantum weapon: take a very large count of fermions (quarks, electrons, whatever), speed it up to a high velocity relative to your enemy and set its trajectory so it goes through your enemy's heart.

Remind me to never piss of a quantum physicist...

 

[pallidin]

I heard somewhere that there is an "agreement", probably informal, that certain forms of directed energy weapons are not to be used against enemy personnel directly, rather only enemy infrastructure.

For example, using high energy lasers to permanently blind the opponent personnel(versus temporary blinding/hearing loss, such as in flash-bang grenades) is considered cruel.

 

[IcedEcliptic]

I heard somewhere that there is an "agreement", probably informal, that certain forms of directed energy weapons are not to be used against enemy personnel directly, rather only enemy infrastructure.

For example, using high energy lasers to permanently blind the opponent personnel(versus temporary blinding/hearing loss, such as in flash-bang grenades) is considered cruel.

Blinding lasers are barred by the Geneva Conventions, but there is wiggle-room with "dazzling" lasers, or microwave "pain rays". Not really surprising, the conventions bar even the use of expanding/fragmenting ammunition as well. There is nothing to stop the use of a lethal DEW however, but the issue is energy generation, storage, and blooming in atmosphere or target ablation.

 

[filegraphy]

I don't think we should be after war. What do you guys think?

 

[IcedEcliptic]

I don't think we should be after war. What do you guys think?

War is too complex in any given situation to simply "yea or nay" it. Generally, I think it should be avoided if other means can achieve a favorable result. Sometimes, waiting to engage is a crime too.