[kj] OT: Tsar Bomba

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Hah - that entry links to "Peaceful Nuclear Explosions" on Wikipedia:  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaceful_nuclear_explosions

-Oliver


Phillipps Marc wrote:

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> Operation Plowshare was an interesting one, it wasn't really designed to test the destructive capabilities of the bombs but seemed to be hinting at the idea of using nuclear weapons in civil engineering . . 

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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plowshare

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> Of course it all went pearshaped . . 

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