"When The USA Wanted To Nuke The Moon To Impress...." Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Jan 2019 12:46 p.m. PST |
…. The Russians "In 1958, the United States developed a secret project to explode an atomic bomb on the surface of the moon. The explosion, when seen from Earth, should have made it clear to the Soviet Union who was the boss when it came to the space race. In addition, it was believed that such an experiment would bolster the patriotism of the American people. The project was code-named "A119" and was developed under the auspices of the US Air Force. To preserve confidentiality, the project was called "A Study of Lunar Research Flights."…"
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 Legion 4   | 25 Jan 2019 2:08 p.m. PST |
This sounds a little "fishy" ? |
| Cyrus the Great | 25 Jan 2019 9:14 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 25 Jan 2019 9:31 p.m. PST |
Too bad there wouldn't have been much of a mushroom cloud in space… (I've seen a mushroom cloud from a pieplate of chemicals. It takes heat rising faster than any blast going out. But heat doesn't rise in a vacuum!) |
| Virginia Tory | 29 Jan 2019 8:26 a.m. PST |
Not sure anybody would have noticed. Besides, we were more interested in landing there than lobbing weapons at it. |
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