Oil's still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, and it's gotten so bad that some people are actually considering nuking the damaged well. Would it work? As iffy as it sounds, Russia actually sealed up ruptured oil wells with nuclear warheads as late as 1981, and it succeeded four times out of five.
Plugging the spill isn't the first scenario ever proposed that involved utilizing nuclear weapons outside of war. Continue reading to see seven other plans that floated the idea of using nukes for… good? LINK
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