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Speaking of crazy shit the US actually did do... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime We already nuked sp
by username223 11y ago
Speaking of crazy shit the US actually did do...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime
We already nuked space, just for fun.
- pizza 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome#Accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chrome_Dome#Accident...
- markrages 11y agohttp://www.oocities.org/southbeach/1380/crmoon.html http://www.oocities.org/southbeach/1380/crmoon.html
- fennecfoxen 11y ago"Just for fun?" They were trying to figure out whether they could detonate nukes in space to blow up incoming ICBMs, which were a real and growing threat in 1962 (unlike anything to do with the Moon).
- username223 11y agoThe "fun" part was a flippant attempt to point out that the US had, at enormous risk and cost, and with previous mistakes, launched an H-bomb into space over 50 years ago. The ICBM part is new to me -- any further info?
- diskcat 11y agothe moon has more gravitational potential energy in it than all the nukes on earth times one million