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Old 05-11-2010, 06:34 AM   #78 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Rekna View Post
I thought about this too. It would be akin to cauterizing a wound. However, what happens if it doesn't work and it just makes the hole bigger? Also what is the effect on our food supply that comes from that region?
Yes, the Russians did it in the middle of a desert, and they weren't sure it would even work.

Detonating a nuke for something like this on the sea bed sounds like a bad idea to me. It seems like a huge risk considering the minimal amount of control you have over the situation and the environment.

If something goes wrong, it would seem to me that it would go very, very wrong.
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