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Baroque Bloke |
"Historic footage showing a nuclear bomb being detonated thousands of feet below the surface in order to extinguish a fire in a natural gas field in the former Soviet Union has emerged this week…" www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...ed-NUCLEAR-BOMB.html Serious about crackers | ||
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Don't Panic |
One more peaceful use of nuclear technology. Very cool. | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Very cool. Wonder how long it would take to get the gumption to do something like that today? You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Well, first, you need to submit the standard Gumption Requisition form to the government... | |||
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Cool video. Thanks for posting this up. | |||
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That's one up on old Red Adair. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. Ayn Rand "He gains votes ever and anew by taking money from everybody and giving it to a few, while explaining that every penny was extracted from the few to be giving to the many." Ogden Nash from his poem - The Politician | |||
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| thin skin can't win |
Luckily, I have a plan to present my case:  You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
Not really. Red Adair wasn't given a shot at putting it out using his methods. Besides, the Soviets other attempt to put out a blowout with a nuc failed. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Mensch |
Russkies have vodka, no gumption needed. эй, ты, держи мою водку, смотри это ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Better living through big 'sploshions. Who knew that the Russkies shared our dream? | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Thanks for cluing me in there was a video. I saw only the thee pictures on top. It didn't happen the way I thought it did by sucking out the oxygen from the fire. The video shows it as choking off the fuel supply. That was some pretty fast thinking and decision making. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Baroque Bloke |
The way this thing furiously burned for three years helps me appreciate just how much frik'n natural gas there is in the world's gas fields. Serious about crackers | |||
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| Drill Here, Drill Now |
I think you missed this part: The well fire started in 1963 but the nuc wasn't detonated until 1966. It's still an interesting accomplishment Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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| Big Stack |
I bet Red could have snuffed that without having to resort to (literally) nuking it.
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The Joy Maker |
Though politically the Soviets may have been different from us as night is to day, in the end we're all human and want the same things: big wet titties, a cold drink, and blowing stuff up. 
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We also thought about using nukes for earth moving: https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2...awesome-earthmovers/ | |||
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Isn't the Centralia mine fire still going? 55 years is enough, maybe we can try this. “I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
That was cool. Nuclear bombs are the best thing ever. They rock. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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| His Royal Hiney |
Thanks for the correction. I read three YEARS as three days. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
We have something almost as stupid nearby in norrth Georgia, an attempt to build a nuclear airplane and a number of other crazy experiments after that didn't work out so well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGYMs0-UcM They used terms like "air shielded nuclear reactor". That actually means not shielded nuclear reactor. They did that to study the effects of radiation on the background environment like wildlife and the nearby forest.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 220-9er, ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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