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Old 08-03-2017, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by tsofian View Post
What is limited and risky in a pre war scenario with lots of labor and big D9R Cats and such is far different than what is risky after the war. Having a few around to blow out oil field fires might be a pretty good idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVrosCy3I20
The Soviet program did demonstrate some interesting use cases. I think this gas fire had been burning for about 3 years until they used the nuke to close it off. The Soviets also used a nuke in shale fields to release natural gas much like non-nuclear fracking today.
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