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Re: Trump cancels Denmark visit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49471093
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Nuclear weapons and hurricanes don't mix, NOAA advises
Using nuclear weapons to destroy hurricanes is not a good idea, a US scientific agency has said, following reports that President Donald Trump wanted to explore the option.
The Axios news website said Mr Trump had asked several national security officials about the possibility.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the results would be "devastating"...
...The NOAA says that using nuclear weapons on a hurricane "might not even alter the storm" and the "radioactive fallout would fairly quickly move with the tradewinds to affect land areas"...
...George Washington University Professor Sharon Squassoni says the idea stems from the Plowshares Program of the 1950s when a "laundry list of different weird... fantastical, slightly crazy" uses for nuclear weapons was devised by government researchers.
In nearly 20 years, the US exploded 31 warheads in 27 tests in order to test whether America's nuclear arsenal could be used to excavate canals or mines, or create a harbour for ships.
As the dangers of radiation became more clear, the notion was dropped,
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From your quotes
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Needless to say, this is not a good idea
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Unfortunately, this idea, which has been around in some form since the 1960s, wouldn't work.
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Sounds fairly sub-optimal...
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Last edited by Hugh; 26-08-2019 at 20:42.
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