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To: RandallFlagg
Cave nukes would actually be a pretty good idea. An explosion of the nuclear kind would send deadly shock waves through the entire tunnel system of that mountain, not to mention the high temps generated from a nuclear blast. AND these blasts would be inside of a mountain, not a lot of troublesome radiation to have to worry about latter. The granite whould shield the outside quite well from any radiation.
39 posted on 10/11/2001 7:19:04 AM PDT by realpatriot71
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To: realpatriot71, No Truce With Kings
"Cave nukes would actually be a pretty good idea...

Cave nukes will be the ONLY solution, shy of expending our Special Forces lives!

Afghan terrain is well suited to tunnel complexes superior to the clay-laterite we encountered in Viet Nam. These were put in place with industrial means, as opposed to manual labor, too.

I'm not a defeatist, I want them to use ground penetrator nukes and do this right, not spill a bunch of our blood rooting them out. We have way too much more that needs to be taken care of elsewhere. We can't be sucked into a long, bloody drawn-out battle of tunnel warfare that kills a bunch of our Special Forces! It would be foolish to expend their lives, when we have the nukes required at our disposal.

On a good note, the ground would contain the blast, making really small yeilds extremely effective. Most of the fallout will stay in the ground, too!

42 posted on 10/11/2001 7:40:07 AM PDT by Bill Rice
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