Six Places to Nuke When You’re Serious

The Canary Islands and Yellowstone Caldera scenarios seem a little bit unlikely in my humble opinion. The force of a nuclear bomb cannot be shaped; which at first glance seems to be how he got his figures, that is if he has figures at all. A blast takes the path of least resistance and always tries to form a sphere. It will not "dig" into solid rock when it can go into the air. Yes, it will dig up something of a crater, but, as far as I know, they wouldn't dig deep enough to enact the scenarios proposed.
Also, all nuclear weapons today, with the possible exception of the very small (tons to Kilotons) "Bunker Buster" bombs that I am not even sure are currently extant, are designed to explode in the air. This so-called "air-burst" maximizes ground-level destruction while minimizing radioactive fallout, because the former is a sensible way to wage war and the latter is good for business all around. No need to disrupt the environment unduly any further, and piss of a potentially neutral country with a cloud o' death.

Of course this does not mean that someone who can actually fabricate a nuclear device couldn't build it to dig a crater, but AFAIK you can't make a nuclear shaped charge and even if you could I doubt you could achieve the kind of efficiency needed to punch through the amount of rock in question.

I have applied common sense. Perhaps someone with a working knowledge of blast dynamics could apply some figures to possibly back me up or make his own argument.

As for Tehran, Iran, it seems to be the nuclear equivilent to a Rube-Goldberg device. There are too many little elements to go wrong, but I suppose it all depends on what you want to achieve.
 
Lord 342 said:
The Canary Islands scenarios seem a little bit unlikely in my humble opinion. The force of a nuclear bomb cannot be shaped; which at first glance seems to be how he got his figures, that is if he has figures at all. A blast takes the path of least resistance and always tries to form a sphere. It will not "dig" into solid rock when it can go into the air. Yes, it will dig up something of a crater, but, as far as I know, they wouldn't dig deep enough to enact the scenarios proposed.
Also, all nuclear weapons today, with the possible exception of the very small (tons to Kilotons) "Bunker Buster" bombs that I am not even sure are currently extant, are designed to explode in the air. This so-called "air-burst" maximizes ground-level destruction while minimizing radioactive fallout, because the former is a sensible way to wage war and the latter is good for business all around. No need to disrupt the environment unduly any further, and piss of a potentially neutral country with a cloud o' death.

Of course this does not mean that someone who can actually fabricate a nuclear device couldn't build it to dig a crater, but AFAIK you can't make a nuclear shaped charge and even if you could I doubt you could achieve the kind of efficiency needed to punch through the amount of rock in question.
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in the Canaries scenario, you really don't need it to be precise or shaped, Lord 342. you'll be "glad" to hear there is already a fissure in the island, over a meter wide. each year it gains a few centimeters & eventually, the island will split right down the middle and fall into the ocean, creating a tidal wave that will destroy most of the US' eastern seaboard & the Carribean.

this has already been researched by numerous universities & has been made public in documentaries many times. while "three times around the world" as he puts it is probably utter bullshit, there will still be a gigantic tidal wave to wipe New York of the map.

anyhow, the nuke would only speed up the process that's already in motion. the gap is already there, you just need to nudge it enough to get it to move faster. hence, there would be no need for shaped charges.

as for Yellowstone, i have no clue if there are some valid points inthere or not.
 
I like his little disclaimer at the beginning. Seems like a meager attempt to legitimize his ideas, although he clearly put some time and thought into it
 
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