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The Ten Most Bizarre Ideas For Using Nuclear Weapons
io9 ^ | 5-20-14 | Mark Strauss

Posted on 05/20/2014 11:29:20 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh

When you're a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. And if you have several thousand nuclear warheads just lying around, it seems a shame not to put them to good use. Here are ten of the most bizarre proposals for nuclear bomb use over the decades.

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To: Malone LaVeigh

The day the High Altitude Test Ban Treaty was signed, which was hastened along by the Soviets, was the day BEFORE Project Orion was to be launched!!!

It would have worked. It was to be launched out beyond the dark side of the Moon, before engaging the system. But, the Soviets have been doing lunar research, on the dark side of the Moon, so they pitched a fit.

This engine, was the first attempt at what would become “acceptable science fiction”, as ‘impulse power’.


41 posted on 05/20/2014 1:52:58 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
How did I do? ;-)

Since I have one son who commutes to work in Manhattan and another son and daughter-in-law who live and work in D.C., one third of that proposal doesn't thrill me too much.

42 posted on 05/20/2014 2:20:16 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: DCBryan1

We had the same plan to cut through the mountaind between CA and NV in the 50’s. The project was approved but left unfunded, as we entered a cold war frenzy.


43 posted on 05/20/2014 2:23:07 PM PDT by D Rider (Don't give sharp objects to small children)
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To: JimRed

“Since I have one son who commutes to work in Manhattan and another son and daughter-in-law who live and work in D.C., one third of that proposal doesn’t thrill me too much.”

Ah, well.....there is always collateral damage. It can’t be avoided. LOL


44 posted on 05/20/2014 3:34:24 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (What we need is to sucker the fedthugs into a "Tiananmen Square"-like incident on the National Mall!)
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To: Gen.Blather
What about intercepting an asteroid and destroying it in space before it collides with the earth.”

We no longer possess a rocket with sufficient umph to get out far enough.

Build one. Project_Orion

45 posted on 05/20/2014 6:40:05 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy
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To: Oztrich Boy

“Build one. Project_Orion “

Given our present regime and the new NASA it would need to be called Project Mohamed.


46 posted on 05/21/2014 2:57:12 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: cynwoody

I forgot about Starfish!
Very correct.


47 posted on 05/22/2014 9:20:52 PM PDT by Zathras
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