• SomeGuy69@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    That’s actually not too crazy of an idea. A large part of land is mined and basically unusable for a long while and modern nukes are way less and way shorter radioactive. Blasting away a large part of Russian soldiers at once would send a big message.

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      just out of curiosity, would a nuke blow up most of the mines? like 90% or more?

      maybe it’s hard to know, but this is just a thought experiment

      • TaTTe@lemmy.world
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        14 hours ago

        Depends on the size of the area you’re considering. In some area, one nuke would blow up 100% of the mines. But in some other, larger, area, it would only blow up 50%.

        But to be fair, using nukes to clear mines is probably one of the least effective methods considering all the collateral damage on villages, fields and nature.