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wrote: On 5 Jan 2005 11:51:10 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote: In article , wrote: but there wasn't a channel tunnel in 1974, or was there a secret one we didn't know about? There was one in 1874! It wasn't complete - which doesn't stop the government planning how to blow it up if it were ever completed. It would need a bit of foresight to anticipate a tunnel and the invention of the atom bomb :-) No foresight needed for the first - look up the history of the tunnel - it was first proposed in the 18th century and preliminary work started in the 19th. The atom bomb was also speculated in the 19th century, but I now forget the reference. Anyway, you don't need one to blow up a small construction like the tunnel, nor even modern explosives; ordinary gunpowder will do. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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