• degenerate_neutron_matter@fedia.io
    3·
    15 days ago

    That test made a 450 meter wide crater, and they want to make a canal on the order of 100km long? I think that might take a bit more than a dozen detonations…

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      Well, bombs are MUCH bigger now. Of course, using fewer larger bombs creates MUCH more ejecta than more smaller bombs.

      • degenerate_neutron_matter@fedia.io
        2·
        14 days ago

        That’s true, but crater width doesn’t scale linearly with bomb yield so I don’t think you could get it down to a dozen even with the largest bombs we have available today.

        • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          14 days ago

          That’s true. But that’s very much the least of the problems with this moronic idea. Newt would give zero fucks about making it 1200 bombs instead of 12.