The Anonymous Widower

Ripple Rock And The Nova Kakhovka Dam

I am 75 and as an eleven-year-old in 1858, I remember the Canadians blowing up a shipping hazard called Ripple Rock, that was in a sea channel in British Columbia.

The explosion needed 1,270 metric tonnes of explosive and displaced 635,000 metric tons of rock and water. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions.

The mass of the Nova Kakhovka Dam must have been immense, and like Ripple Rock, it must have been destroyed by a very large amount of explosive, placed inside.

Surely, the Russians must have noted if the Ukrainians had sneaked a large amount of explosive inside.

Barnes Wallis would have probably used a ten-tonne Tallboy bomb to have a go at destroying a dam of this size, but you’d need a B-52 to drop it.

Someone should do the maths properly and publish them.

But judging by the pictures and those of Ripple Rock on the Internet, there must have been quite a lot of explosive inside the dam, when it was blown.

Both sides can blame others as much as they want, but I believe an explosives expert can do the maths and identify the criminal.

June 7, 2023 Posted by | World | , , , , , , , | 1 Comment