To: Fennie
They might be the largest by absolute mass, but we used to have some nuclear bunker busters that were useful in making big holes in the ground. The downside was that throwing nukes was always a political no no, but dropping 14 tons of TNT and iron on some tin horn dictator's head is a no brainer.
5 posted on
08/22/2011 7:20:03 AM PDT by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: GonzoGOP
10 posted on
08/22/2011 7:29:31 AM PDT by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: GonzoGOP
I seem to remember a British effort to make a 10 ton bomb that was supposed to drill into the ground to generate an underground shockwave that would break up concrete foundations.
I think it was used against German sub pens.
Anyway this isn't a new idea just a refinement of an old one
11 posted on
08/22/2011 7:29:52 AM PDT by
Cowman
(How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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