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The date is almost certainly a more useful piece of information than the amount of explosives to be used. Without the date, someone could mistake this for news
by Firerouge 5y ago
The date is almost certainly a more useful piece of information than the amount of explosives to be used.
Without the date, someone could mistake this for news about a modern plan, especially following the fairly recent Suez issue
- Lammy 5y agoI dunno, I thought 520 nuclear blasts was a pretty vivid mental image :) That sort of thing could only ever fly in a pre-1980s world anyway, not something anyone would seriously propose these days.
- Firerouge 5y ago>>That sort of thing could only ever fly in a pre-1980s world anyway, not something anyone would seriously propose these days. You'd think, but nuking hurricanes somehow briefly became a topic during the last US presidential election.
- Lammy 5y agoThey were into that back in the '60s too. Check out Project STORMFURY: https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/730016.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/730016.pdf