1) WikiPEDIA 2) For a meteor so large that it needs to be broken into 1000 pieces to be safely dispersed, it might take a nuclear explosive. Detonating nukes o

1) WikiPEDIA 2) For a meteor so large that it needs to be broken into 1000 pieces to be safely dispersed, it might take a nuclear explosive. Detonating nukes over populated areas is at least as intolerable as letting objects like that impact. Altering their course before they enter the atmosphere is really the only solution.