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>A nuclear bomb is a weapon of mass destruction, designed to kill as many people as quickly as possible. Nuclear weapons have a few niche civilian uses. Sealin

>A nuclear bomb is a weapon of mass destruction, designed to kill as many people as quickly as possible. Nuclear weapons have a few niche civilian uses. Sealing an underwater oil leak is one such use that is particularly relevant today. See: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6611RF20100702 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6611RF20100702 Also: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/yourfriendatom/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/yourfriendatom/

joeyo 16y ago
It is certainly easy to see why the US and Soviets wanted to investigate using nukes for peaceful uses. But claiming that the 250 or so peaceful nuclear explosions (out of a total of more than 2000 nuclear tests over-all) makes the nuclear bomb something other than a weapon of mass destruction seems to me more than a little intellectually dishonest.