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of course they did. That's the literal topic of War Games (1983). You should actually be somewhat reassured that we aren't living during the era of Dr. Strangel
by Barrin92 8mo ago
of course they did. That's the literal topic of War Games (1983). You should actually be somewhat reassured that we aren't living during the era of Dr. Strangelove where you had characters in the military industrial complex who were significantly more insane when it came to the beliefs of what computer systems and nukes can do.
There was a time when people wanted to dig tunnels with nukes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare
- idiotsecant 8mo agoDigging tunnels with nukes sounds better to me than shooting them at each other!
- 21asdffdsa12 8mo agoAll you need is a elephants foot burning into the ground and a way to direct it via partial cooling..
- roenxi 8mo ago> There was a time when people wanted to dig tunnels with nukes The article seems to be about mining rather than tunnelling. And the issue with the idea being? We also dig using explosives, there isn't an in-principle problem. Reading the wiki article it looks like the yields were excessive, but at the end of the day mining involves the use of things that go boom. It is easy to imagine small nukes having a place in the industry.
- throwaway27448 8mo agoThe more available they are, the more likely they are to be used on humans.
- Barrin92 8mo ago>And the issue with the idea being? See the 'rationale' section of the article. The point of it was to rebrand nuclear weapons as multi-use 'peaceful' tools and drive acceptance for nuclear weapons programs. Which was a pretty standard tactic of military projects during the cold war.
- lozf 8mo ago> That's the literal topic of War Games (1983) Probably ran out of tokens before the end, during training. "How about a nice game of Chess?"
- TitaRusell 8mo agoMacArthur recommend turning the Korea-China border into a nuclear wasteland to prevent further Chinese troop movements. Thank god everyone has nukes now it keeps people sane!