Editing Antimatter weapon (section)

==In popular culture==
An antimatter weapon is a part of the plot of the [[Dan Brown]] book ''[[Angels & Demons]]'' and its [[Angels & Demons (film)|film adaptation]], where it is used in a plot to blow up the [[Vatican City]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Delphine |title=Angels & Demons: The Physics Behind The Movie (and The Book) |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/10/angels-demons-the-physics-behind-the-movie-and-the-book/ |access-date=13 March 2021 |magazine=Wired |language=en-us}}</ref>

The ''Ground Zero'' expansion pack of the video game ''[[Quake II]]'' requires the protagonist to manufacture an Antimatter Bomb in the Munitions Plant to achieve the final objective.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoBqH18_Bzc |title=QUAKE 2: Ground Zero {{!}} Part 25 {{!}} Anti-Matter Bomb |date=2020-09-23 |last=Degorram |access-date=2024-08-02 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

In the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise, [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] starships are armed with [[photon torpedo]]es which contain antimatter warheads.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitfild |first1=Stephen E. |last2=Roddenberry |first2=Gene |title=The Making of Star Trek |date=1991 |publisher=Ballantine Books |location=New York, NY |isbn=0345340191 |edition=Twenty-seventh Print}}</ref>