I found this article..
"Can we blast Japan from below?"
(January 1944) is an article by an eminent geologist who proposes bombing Japan’s volcanoes as a strategy for winning the war.
Given Japan’s seismic instability and the explosive nature of volcanoes, dropping bombs into volcanic craters might, in the words of the author, “cause such a vomiting of lava and ash as to hasten the day of unconditional surrender.”
http://books.google.com/books?id=_ykDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA103&dq=can%20we%20blast%20japan%20from%20below&as_brr=1&as_pt=MAGAZINES&pg=PA103#v=onepage&q&f=false
Was this plan ever feasible? Had the US such bombs at their disposal at the time?
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"Can we blast Japan from below?"
(January 1944) is an article by an eminent geologist who proposes bombing Japan’s volcanoes as a strategy for winning the war.
Given Japan’s seismic instability and the explosive nature of volcanoes, dropping bombs into volcanic craters might, in the words of the author, “cause such a vomiting of lava and ash as to hasten the day of unconditional surrender.”
http://books.google.com/books?id=_ykDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA103&dq=can%20we%20blast%20japan%20from%20below&as_brr=1&as_pt=MAGAZINES&pg=PA103#v=onepage&q&f=false
Was this plan ever feasible? Had the US such bombs at their disposal at the time?
Love some feedback
Rob