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Old 07-28-2011, 09:08 AM
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Knowing what I do about explosives, I'd have to say ANYTHING can be demolished with conventional charges, provided they're properly located and there's enough of them laid. Any building will fall if you take out the bottom floor, even a building as tall as the twin towers were.
It's not going to be a quick job setting them up, but it most certainly can be done.

Nuclear demolition charges in my mind exist simply to make the job a lot faster and probably messier too. There'd be no chance of a carefully planned implosion as we've all seen dozens of times on TV. They're only suitable for military purposes and there's absolutely NO WAY they can possibly have a civilian application - unless your aim is to create a glowing crater in the middle of a city...
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