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The Bounce of Hormuz (media.piefed.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by negativenull@piefed.world to c/noncredibledefense@piefed.social
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[-] Gork@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 month ago

Why think small when you can think environmental catastrophe.

hehe

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago

Well, we could nuke Antarctica.

That... might actually cause something approximately like that, if you threw the entire US nuclear arsenal at it.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

If you're going to be using nukes like that, you might as well Operation Plowshare yourself a canal directly instead.

(Sorry in advance if this is too credible.)

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am likewise dismayed.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Operation Glass Cannon"

EDIT:

Well, I put my glasses on and looked at the original image again...

Nuking a canal into... out of... ??? ... that section of the Arabian penninsula would have the benefit of not causing the Noachian Deluge Round 2 for all of Iraq.

So that's probably a plus, for the nuclear infrastructure engineering plan.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Somebody at the Pentagon: “By god it’s brilliant! Get Tony Hawk on the phone NOW!”

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm honestly baffled that Trump didn't scribble a canal right through Arabia yet.

[-] IronBird@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

wouldn't be the dumbest idea the sauds have bought into

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 20 points 1 month ago

Geez, now I really want to see an XKCD What If style explanation of what horrors would befall us if there were two giant portals at different points in the ocean. Especially if it was like, the Atlantic and the Pacific.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Depends on the "different points" and how you define their positions:

  • If they were "at sea level" meaning average sea level, water would flow in one and out the other depending on which level was actually higher at that moment due to tides etc.

  • If they were "at sea level" meaning the actual level of the sea at that point at that moment (essentially floating), it'd be a pretty boring result because no water would flow.

  • If one portal were at significant depth, the high pressure would cause a strong stream to spray out of the other portal. If it were also underwater itself or at the surface pointed horizontally, it would create a strong current. If it were at or near the surface pointed up, a fountain or geyser. If it were pointed at the shore or bottom, it would carve a canyon. Also, a whirlpool might form at the surface above the inlet portal.

Finally, in any of the above cases various nutrients and/or marine life might be transferred between locations, potentially exacerbating problems with invasive species or causing an algae bloom or something like that.

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was imagining potential weather-related upsets due to temperature differentials and tides and things, but that would likely require very large portals. Maybe a better / more interesting question is, how large would the portals have to be for this to start having this types of effects?

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Which are at different ~~latitudes~~ altitudes

[-] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

You forgot the part where they drift the ship like a tank before hitting the trampoline, making it a 360noscope backflip.

[-] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 month ago

Expect this to be in the next Hideo Kojima game

[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

If Kojima did it, we'd either need a Metal Gear Ray or just plain ol nanmomachines.

[-] burgermeister@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

Fucking radical

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

3.5: Expertly dodge Surface-to-Air Missile in your airborne tanker boat.

[-] teft@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

Do portages get style points because this one for sure gets 10/10.

[-] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Or the boats can do a sick drift

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

They should just find out who controls this stretch of water and ask them nicely.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

People keep saying they can't dig a channel because there are mountains there...

But couldn't we airlift the ships? Drones today are incredibly capable.

[-] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I remember this from the “Yeah Right” skate video.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

wait i just noticed that sick dolphin of hormuz

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That cake ... is a lie.

This is the actual cake from Portal:

And no, neurotoxins are not on the menu this time.

That shit did not exactly get rave reviews back in the 80s.

[-] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

what's the action in the gambling markets look like for how long until Trump publicly says "and by the way folks, it's not straight, it turns, they should call it the Turn of Hormuz"

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