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> The test ban absolutely would prevent it Not quite. The Soviets used nukes with USA blessing (and on-site monitors) on several occasions for geo-engineering
by Elv13 6y ago
> The test ban absolutely would prevent it
Not quite. The Soviets used nukes with USA blessing (and on-site monitors) on several occasions for geo-engineering jobs. Mostly to plug burning oil wells. The CTBTO would not be happy, but depending on who built the nuke and how deep it is in the iceberg, this is boilerplate approvable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Explosions_for_the_National_Economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Explosions_for_the_Nat...
That being said, it's silly to nuke an iceberg and it wont achieve anything. The current will push the chunks back together and the shockwave will kill all the penguins.
edit: Another "funny" USSR use case for fission reactors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterrene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterrene . The mind boggling detail is that apparently it just worked (until it didn't).
- andrewflnr 6y agoI mean, my idea was to break it up before it got close to any penguins. And I wouldn't take it for granted that it would get squished back together, considering they're surprised it hasn't broken up already. Not saying that nukes are a good solution...
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoWhy do you make that USSR? According to your second link, the USA did that too. Besides that, there are pictures on the net with tunnel boring machine in US Air Force livery from 1982 somewhere around Little Skull Mountain, Nevada, where they experimented with that, allegedly :) But it's always the same picture, and it looks like a normal TBM to, except of the livery, of course :) Mostly comes up in context of so called DUMBs(Deep Underground Military Bases) where the conspiracy fetishists lurk :)
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoI'm also always wondering what would happen if it meets groundwater, and the resulting steam explosion?