On 20 Aug 2015 at 18:57, Richard Aiken wrote:

> With weapons this unstable, standard first-responder procedure would
> be to power down the weapon and remove the power cells.

Excuse me? The power is what's *keeping* it from going "boom".

Or at least that's the case with the designs being talked about.

BTW, with the "neutronium" blades, I think a nuclear damper would
prevent the decay.

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