I think not; it's not somewhere you can conduct a nuclear test without starting a war with Mexico.
However it is interesting to look at the TFR area in Google maps; it looks just like a nuclear test site, but the craters are natural volcanoes.
replyWell, somebody has suggested nuking a tornado before. Why not a vulcano?
replyMexico isn’t going to start a war with the US. it would last a week at most, and they’d end up glowing even more than if the us ‘downwinded’ them all year.
replyIf Mexico went to war with America they would rely on asymmetric insurgency tactics. They have no shortage of sympathetic people in America, not just Mexican nationals but native born Americans as well. America hasn't dealt with a genuine domestic insurgency situation before.
replyThat's exactly what russia thought before invading the Ukraine.
replyNot to be pedantic but it’s just Ukraine. It is an independent country.
replyRussia calls is “the Ukraine” because they think it’s their territory and not an independent nation.
Probably just closing the airspace for the space alien emissary.
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replyIf there was ever a time for a Mars Attacks style invasion it is now
replyWouldn’t the Nevada Test Site be much better for this? Huge, government controlled, no major airports or cities, and moreover, already used for this sort of thing.
replyNo because there's no enemy there to shoot at.
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replyThis was my thought as well given the length of time of the closure.
reply3.6 roentgen you say?
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