Ben Gurion Canal Project
The Ben Gurion Canal project is an alleged[1] Israeli project to build a canal through Israel to connect the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea.[2][3] Such a canal would be an alternative or supplement to the Suez Canal, which runs through Egypt.[1]
1963 US feasibility study
In July 1963, H. D. Maccabee of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as part of Project Plowshare[4] and under contract to the United States Department of Energy, wrote a memorandum that explored the possibility of using 520 buried nuclear explosions to help excavate a canal through the hills in the Negev Desert. The document was classified until 1993.[5][6]
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- ↑ Guenot, Marianne (August 1, 2023). "The US had a plan in the 1960s to blast an alternative Suez Canal through Israel using 520 nuclear bombs". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ↑ Maccabee, H. D. (July 1, 1963). "Use of Nuclear Explosives for Excavation of Sea-Level Canal Across the Negev Desert" (PDF). Retrieved November 9, 2023.
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