Project Chariot: The US Government's Plan To Nuke Alaska SIX Times
By Joe Scott
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Check out Red Atoms, the series that documents the Soviet atomic bomb program, over on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/redatoms?ref=joescott Operation Plowshare was a US Government program in the 1950s that had the goal of finding peaceful uses for nuclear weapons. And yes, you read that right. It was partly a sincere effort to find practical uses for the most awesome power humanity had ever harnessed, and partly a cynical attempt to justify stockpiling nukes. One of those Plowshare projects was called Project Chariot, which aimed to create a new harbor in Alaska by setting off SIX hydrogen bombs in a river inlet near Cape Thompson. This is the story of that insane idea. Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: https://laughsmarter.com Book of Mysteries: https://a.co/d/0gRx0qvM Documentary: https://nebula.tv/oldestnewest Check out my 2nd chan
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