Reply #286: DU isn't the only place where people have speculated. [View All]

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Also I think it's absolutely nothing to be ashamed of even if some speculations turn out to be ridiculous: MUCH more important to the NYT should be the fact that people ARE speculating - that is: That the USA have a government that folks think CAPABLE of these things... but all that's just smoke, never a fire, right?

Diego Garcia News:
(Unfortunately this is a part two - couldn't find part one, no idea who the interviewed/interviewer is)

http://article.wn.com/link/WNATC38D6E5C58AD2856F5F3532DBC6CC368?source=templategenerator&template=diegogarcianews/headlines.txt

Q: Have tidal waves figured in weapons research?
A: Yes. Secret wartime experiments were conducted off the New Zealand coast to create a bomb that would trigger tidal waves, according to government files declassified in Auckland. But the tsunami bomb was never fully tested and the war ended before the project was completed. Its mastermind was Thomas Leech, an Australian professor who was the dean of engineering at Auckland University from 1940 to 1950. He set off a series of underwater explosions that caused mini tidal waves at Whangaparaoa, north of Auckland, in 1944 and 1945. The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade contain details of the research, known as Project Seal, in 53- year-old documents released.
Q: Is it possible for a nuclear explosion to have triggered the Macquarie quake in some way and indirectly caused the changes that led to the Sumatra quake and the Asian tsunami?
A: It is possible that a very large explosion might have triggered the first quake directly in some way or that repeated prior testing could have induced changes that led to the quake indirectly, but research on the fall-out of nuclear testing is so highly classified that little is known of the possible impact. The US has not ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, leaving the door open to future US testing despite an extended moratorium. There has already been a strong move toward resumption of testing since 2002. Now earth-penetrating nukes (bunker busters) and mini-nukes might provide the pretext.