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Title: 'Tsunami bomb' tested off New Zealand coast during WWII
Post by: steve58 on January 02, 2013, 03:40:37 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/9774217/Tsunami-bomb-tested-off-New-Zealand-coast.html

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initial testing was positive but the project was eventually shelved in early 1945, though New Zealand authorities continued to produce reports on the experiments into the 1950s.
Title: Re: 'Tsunami bomb' tested off New Zealand coast during WWII
Post by: Atilla60 on January 02, 2013, 04:51:57 PM
Interesting read, thanks for sharing.

From the article:
QuotePresumably if the atomic bomb had not worked as well as it did, we might have been tsunami-ing people," said Mr Waru.
My thoughts exactly.
Title: Re: 'Tsunami bomb' tested off New Zealand coast during WWII
Post by: TheCommandTent on January 02, 2013, 05:05:52 PM
Great find thanks for sharing steve58
Title: Re: 'Tsunami bomb' tested off New Zealand coast during WWII
Post by: eyebiter on January 02, 2013, 05:09:55 PM
Catch a wave, dude

http://anengineersaspect.blogspot.com/2011/08/nikola-tesla-teslas-plan-to-create.html

The Baldur Gazette, Baldur, Manitoba, Canada, Page 6. July 2, 1908.

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Title: Re: 'Tsunami bomb' tested off New Zealand coast during WWII
Post by: LongBlade on January 02, 2013, 06:02:39 PM
Interesting. Thanks, Steve.
Title: Re: 'Tsunami bomb' tested off New Zealand coast during WWII
Post by: mirth on January 02, 2013, 07:00:27 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on January 02, 2013, 06:02:39 PM
Interesting. Thanks, Steve.

+1 Thanks for sharing the link.
Title: Re: 'Tsunami bomb' tested off New Zealand coast during WWII
Post by: Shelldrake on January 02, 2013, 07:09:51 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on January 02, 2013, 06:02:39 PM
Interesting. Thanks, Steve.

+2 Great story. Thanks.
Title: Re: 'Tsunami bomb' tested off New Zealand coast during WWII
Post by: besilarius on January 02, 2013, 08:36:59 PM
Found this Wiki page on the Tsunami Bomb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami_bomb
Title: Re: 'Tsunami bomb' tested off New Zealand coast during WWII
Post by: Longdan on January 02, 2013, 09:08:00 PM
The Kiwis were just so happy to be noticed.
The biggest thing until Lord of the Rings.