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While not directly related, it reminded me of another plan (from 1963), sponsored by the US to create an alternate to the Suez Canal, through the Israeli Negev
by almog 4y ago
While not directly related, it reminded me of another plan (from 1963), sponsored by the US to create an alternate to the Suez Canal, through the Israeli Negev Desert using... 520 nuclear bombs:
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-planned-suez-canal-alternative-israel-blast-with-nuclear-bombs-1960s-2021-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/us-planned-suez-canal-altern...
- suzzer99 4y agoThey had a similar plan to blow a second Panama Canal through the Darien Gap with nuclear bombs. Just batshit crazy stuff.
- metadat 4y agoUn-paywalled: https://archive.ph/muZg5 https://archive.ph/muZg5
- Barrin92 4y agoThe US had an entire national project around using nukes for excavation and construction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare