[roadcat]

"Another vulnerable area of ��‹��‹the United States from the geophysical point of view, is the San Andreas fault - 1300 kilometers between the Pacific and North American plates ... a detonation of a nuclear weapon there can trigger catastrophic events like a coast-scale tsunami which can completely destroy the infrastructure of the United States."

All B.S. A nuke won't result in a tsunami on the West Coast. Not that type of fault. The San Andreas fault slips north and south, no tsunami will result at all. And a nuke probably won't trigger an earthquake, as the fault is deep underground beyond reach of a nuke. And if an earthquake happened, it would be localized in a small area and not the entire length of the fault.

[amorphous]

Tell that to Dwayne Johnson :-)

I find the possibility of triggering the San Andres fault by a nuclear bomb doubtful, as well. If it can be done, the Russians are the ones for the job however, since they've built and tested the world's largest nuclear bomb. Designed capability of 100 megatons, the lead scientist supposedly dialed it back to half that out of concerns a massive amount of radioactive fallout would be released.

I would think triggering a volcano a more likely possibility.