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Re:A Tunguska size burst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, Bronze Ag... by kadoban on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @10:27AM (#28605320)
Yeah that's a real problem, or several. Not even sure which would be the hardest to solve...

Am I wrong to wonder if a nuke would even do it either? I mean it's a ~solid rock that's capaple of surviving a pretty good beating from the atmosphere. What's a nuke going to do exactly? Are we hoping for redirection, or destruction or?

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Re:A Tunguska size burst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, Bronze Ag... by cuspycode on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @02:31PM (#28608154)
As I understand it, redirection is our best hope. Destruction via nukes would only work for comparatively small rocks. There is a fairly comprehensive write-up of the various options on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance

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