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The Bounce of Hormuz
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Why think small when you can think environmental catastrophe.
Well, we could nuke Antarctica.
That... might actually cause something approximately like that, if you threw the entire US nuclear arsenal at it.
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.)
What the fuck.
I am likewise dismayed.
"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.
Somebody at the Pentagon: “By god it’s brilliant! Get Tony Hawk on the phone NOW!”
I'm honestly baffled that Trump didn't scribble a canal right through Arabia yet.
skamtebord
wouldn't be the dumbest idea the sauds have bought into
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.
Depends on the "different points" and how you define their positions:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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?
Which are at different ~~latitudes~~ altitudes
You forgot the part where they drift the ship like a tank before hitting the trampoline, making it a 360noscope backflip.
Expect this to be in the next Hideo Kojima game
If Kojima did it, we'd either need a Metal Gear Ray or just plain ol nanmomachines.
Fucking radical
3.5: Expertly dodge Surface-to-Air Missile in your airborne tanker boat.
Do portages get style points because this one for sure gets 10/10.
Or the boats can do a sick drift
They should just find out who controls this stretch of water and ask them nicely.
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.
I remember this from the “Yeah Right” skate video.
wait i just noticed that sick dolphin of hormuz
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.
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"
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2026
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