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Hmmmmm, Operation Plowshare?

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Hmmmmm, Operation Plowshare?

A new Central American canal was one of the projects considered during Plowshare.

Storax-Sedan was the major test to see if nuclear devices could be used to build a canal.

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". ......The U.S. conducted twenty-seven PNE shots in conjunction with other, weapons-related, test series. ..."

'PNE' = "Peaceful Nuclear Explosions". Check Operation Plowshare for the concept. I always thought the Cape Thompson idea had promise as a 'proof of concept'.

The 1962 "Sedan" plowshares shot displaced 12 million tons of earth and created a crater 320 feet deep and 1,280 feet wide.

Sedan apparently worked like a charm. Why wasn't this technology refined?

Nicaragua presents no challenge at all!