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> It was part of Operation Plowshare, a program designed to find peaceful uses for nuclear explosions. I don’t know how that would ever be possible.
by 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y ago
> It was part of Operation Plowshare, a program designed to find peaceful uses for nuclear explosions.
I don’t know how that would ever be possible.
- azernik 7y agoCivil engineering uses lots of explosives, so I can see how someone would reasonably think that. Cutting canals and mountain passes and the like. Problem is the same as the problem of military use - you usually wants the force distributed in a very specific way.
- hackcasual 7y agoRussians used to use nukes to seal leaking gas wells
- m4rtink 7y agoNot only that, also seismic sounding and other uses, 115 peaceful nuclear explosion in total: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Explosions_for_the_National_Economy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Explosions_for_the_N...