My apologies to Che’, if I have misspelt his name. 🙂

Over on CONSIM-L, we are having a lively discussion about whether or
not the Soviets were ever thinking about building the canal through
Nicaragua (eventually) and the strategic implications/consequences
of that. (You’ll never guess who raised the issue. 🙂 )

Someone has said there was even a SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN on the alternative
Nicaragua canal … although it was assuming *we* would be building it,
of course.

Lou Coatney, mslrc@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu

>I do not know if the USSR ever contemplated doing it, but I’ve read more than
>one article over the last 30 years about the advantages of building a new
>canal
>through Nicaragua.

I don’t think this was really the bone of contention (I know it wasn’t
in my case), it was the ramifications of such a project that people
disagreed on.

By the way, there is a web page somewhere that contains details on
the actual tests run in the early 60s for port or canal excavation
using nukes. Use a web search tool and look for “Sedan” (I think that
was the name of this test series).

Markus