Remember Divine Strake a.k.a. “strakes on a plain”? Well, forget it. At least for this year.
Palm Springs KESQ reports that the planned massive explosion at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) has been put off till 2007, at the earliest.
Divine Strake, recall, was supposed to consist of 700 tons many, many trucks worth of ammonium nitrate/fuel oil emplaced in a shallow pit. The test did not represent an operationally realistic conventional weapon (700 tons!!! of explosives!). Rather, it was intended to simulate the effect of a very low-yield (under 600 ton) nuclear weapon on underground structures.
It is still unclear what the reasons for the delay are. The report from KESQ hints, though, that the issue may involve disputes over Western Shoshone tribal claims to NTS lands, as well as concerns that the explosion might stir up contaminated soil and send radioactive material downwind.
I guess Samuel Jackson got his way this time.…
– Haninah Levine
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Alternately, Mr. “Ayatolla” (sic), maybe someone in the Pentagon just thought, “Maybe we can make this test better.“
I know reading comprehension may be a bit hard for people of such mindsets as yourself, i.e., those ready to demonize a particular group as a reflex rather than from any kind of foundation in fact or reality, but did you miss the bit in this article that says, “It is still unclear what the reasons for the delay are” and mentions a few public safety issues?
What in the world are we doing. Are we trying to destroy the world. Does anyone know or care about what would happen to the earth with the use of these kinds of weapons. With all of the faults and other geological issues, how would the mad scientist perdict the long term effect. The earth is a living being, it will come a time when the earth’s immune system with began to attack its infection, meaning us. Then it will began to destroy and rid itself of the disease. How long do we think that we can continue to use these weapons without consequences. As sure as the sun rises the earth will clense itself and start anew.
I have a family member who is highly involved with the Divine Strake project. The goal of the project is to protect American lives. There is NO nuclear componant in the project, however, from what I have heard, the project was mostly canceled due to environmentalists efforts, as well as ‘down winders’ who believed that the project risked contanimation. I believe this is because they believe that the soil in which the divine strake would be laid was contanimated by previous nuclear radiation, even though half life in this region expired decades ago. This is sad, because there were two members of my family who were down winders with cancer.
The divine strake project would protect american interests from nuclear attack, and it is a shame that fear is such a popular politician.
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