Scientist with U.S. Marines: Use mother-of-all bombs to seal Gulf oil leak
11 June 2010
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Another day, another let’s-bomb-the-oil-leak idea.
A civilian scientist working for the Marine Corps thinks we can seal the Gulf oil leak by using the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Franz Gayl has circulated a presentation showing how the “mother of all bombs,” a 21,600 pound GPS guided bomb, could seal the leak and the water pressure at the well head depth of 5,000 feet would contain the blast.
Further reading: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/10/marine-corps-scientist-big-bomb-could-seal-gulf-oil-leak/
