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		arethuza on Oct 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well ... 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.

yardie on Oct 2, 2014 [–]

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.

arethuza on Oct 2, 2014 | [–]

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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