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Re:The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in... by arethuza on Thursday October 02, 2014 @07:30AM (#8400277)
I think a lot of people on both sides were prepared to use them. Fortunately only a very small number of people wanted to use them and were in any position to actually do so.
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Re:The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in... by yardie on Thursday October 02, 2014 @09:22AM (#8400586)
Pres. Nixon wanted to use them. And you can't get much more capable than the CIC. Luckily, his advisers talked him out of it.
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Re:The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in... by arethuza on Thursday October 02, 2014 @01:02PM (#8401698)
I thought Nixon just wanted to appear mad enough to use nuclear weapons rather than actually being that daft...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory

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