Editing Antimatter weapon (section)

==Cost==
{{As of|2024|July}}, the cost of producing one millionth of a gram of antimatter was estimated at {{nobr|US $62 billion}}.<ref name="sfgate.com">{{cite web |date=4 October 2004 |title=Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons / Program was touted publicly, then came official gag order |url=http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Air-Force-pursuing-antimatter-weapons-Program-2689674.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229183617/http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Air-Force-pursuing-antimatter-weapons-Program-2689674.php |archive-date=29 December 2014 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McKeown |first=Matthew |date=18 December 2023 |title=Antimatter Tops List Of World's Most Expensive Material At $62 Trillion Per Gram |url=https://www.trillmag.com/news/science/antimatter-tops-list-of-worlds-most-expensive-material-at-62-trillion-per-gram/}}</ref> By way of comparison, the cost of the [[Manhattan Project]] (to produce the first atomic bomb) is estimated at US$23 billion in 2007 prices.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctbto.org/nuclear-testing/history-of-nuclear-testing/manhattan-project|title=Manhattan Project|access-date=17 January 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228200033/http://www.ctbto.org/nuclear-testing/history-of-nuclear-testing/manhattan-project|archive-date=28 December 2014}}</ref> As such, [[Hui Chen]] of [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] dismissed concerns about antimatter bombs in 2008 as "unrealistic".<ref name="nbc">{{cite news |title=Laser technique produces bevy of antimatter |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27998860 |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=NBC News |date=1 December 2008 |language=en}}</ref>