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Subject: Solution for Bunker Buster Nuke
Flying_Cannibal    2/10/2003 9:11:55 PM
Ok so there is this major complex, needs a nuke to bust. But the radiation will bust out thru the holes/vents/entry points and contaminate the area, instead of just the groundwater. And its not like nukes are easy to defuse, so just bomb all the entries that are visible, then the nuke can go off safely after say 30 seconds delayed timer. Problem reduced majorly. Anyone got issues with this theory?
 
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Shooter    RE:Solution for Bunker Buster Nuke   5/13/2005 1:27:00 AM
You seem to forget that the Bunker busting nuc has almost no residual radiation. It is not a problem. just use the right nuc and be done with it! PS. Do not be afraid of nuclear radiation. It is not nearly as bad as you were lead to belive!
 
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lightningtest    RE:Solution for Bunker Buster Nuke...delivery   5/13/2005 11:15:02 AM
Some times people dig very deep! Since single impact craters are hemispherical/ multiple impact consecutive impact caters are cones, so alot of material has to be shifted to get deep. Further info on the subject of drilling down into the earth to remove bunkers from existance - especially when they contain WMD. WORKINGPAPERS FIRE IN THE HOLE, Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Options for Counter-proliferation, Michael A. Levi Carnegie Endowment for International Peace1779 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (202) 483-7600Fax: (202) 483-1840, www.ceip.org "Active Penetrators. Previously discussed weapons penetrate the earth through impact momentum. Active penetrators operate more like drills, burrowing into the ground with rapid strikes before detonating. The prototypical example of this, currently under development, is Deep Digger.26 While it is not yet known whether Deep Digger will be developed into an effective weapon, it demonstrates the potential of exotic penetrating technologies. Deep Digger would operate on principles very similar to "dry drilling" techniques the oil and gas industries developed in the United States years ago; full-scale dry drilling machines drill to depths of 4 kilometers. Theese machines use a metallic head to repeatedly and rapidly pulverize rock, which is cleared from the mineshaft throughout operation by pressure from high-density gas. Deep Digger would function in much the same way, but would be much smaller; instead of weighing thousands of tons, it is designed to weigh 50 to 100 kilograms. Such a device would be extremely portable and could be delivered either by special operations forces or by aircraft. Deep Digger engineers report that initial technical difficulties involved pulverizing the target rock into fine matter, but this problem has largely been overcome. In its current developmental state, Deep Digger creates a clean bore in rock 1 meter deep and 20 centimeters wide. Deep Digger now reduces target rock to very fine powder that is ejected by gas to heights of approximately 50 meters." probe battery life seems to be matched to decent duration then....good.
 
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lightningtest    RE:Solution for Bunker Buster Nuke...sealing   5/13/2005 12:34:18 PM
Since some bunkers have extra exits which have not quite made it to the surface and can be extended there when required. Only talking to the people on the ground will enable finding all the potentional exits so they can be sealed with explosives. Can active remote sensing electromagnetic techniques find tunnels and chambers under the surface (say >6ft / 2m of solid granite) if they don't emerge and emit any radiation? Anybody know?
 
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svaba    RE:Solution for Bunker Buster Nuke   5/17/2005 12:25:47 PM
I think that this is pure because underground bunkers can bee overrun on the surface and seal in the defenders so they cant get out and will starve to death or surrender.LOL.
 
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