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Old 08-01-2017, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by tsofian View Post
Having some at Prime Base for use not only as weapons but for a lot of other purposes (since they are fusion weapons they have very little fallout, so would be great for creating a pass through the mountains or digging a very wide canal in a really big hurry!).
The use for creating a pass or a canal has been explored in the US Operation Plowshare and the more extensive Soviet testing under Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy. In these cases, the charges are set to be mostly fusion and minimized the fission. The yields ranged from 10 ton to 140 KT with the average being about 12.5 KT. The fusion demolition charge in 3rd edition is a 1 MT yield. Using it for peaceful purposes seems a bit dubious.

After Operation Plowshare, the civilian uses were deemed limited and risky, but there were combat engineering scenarios that made sense.
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