seal one end.
pump natural gas into it, under a certain amount of pressure.
touch it off. a very powerful explosive, when contained, and though it does "fracture," it "pushes and displaces," and it will collapse the tunnel.
without the necessity of having to send soldiers down it to explore it.
and, make it nice and smelly. when it is detected by any occupants, if they have brains in their little pea heads, they will evacuate the premises very quickly. give them just enough time to flee, but, not enough time to take weapons and munitions with them.
just follow the tunnel along until you get to the ends. find a new tunnel. do it all over again.
john jay @ 07.21.2014
p.s. much faster than bulldozing. much more thorough.
Super cost effective, I thought I was the only one advocating this.. It'll naturally fill all corridors.
:)
Posted by: marc in calgary | July 24, 2014 at 04:12 PM
Nice use of an FAE, John!
Typically, they add an odorant to Propane and NG so that people can smell a gas leak. Otherwise, there is no way of detecting flammable gases. Hence why early miners used small birds as gas detectors, as the canary would perish before the miners were overcome by fumes.
True Natural Gas, in my opinion, would be more beneficial than the commercially available type. The two main benefits would be :
1- It would be better to blow the bastards up while they were still under-ground, unaware of their coming reckoning. You also don't have to worry about them coming back some other day.
2 - It would give them a head start on their way to hell, as they would be that much closer.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Posted by: Leigh | July 25, 2014 at 06:05 AM
leigh:
good points. i always sorta liked the 101st airborne t-shirt w/ the motto, "kill 'em all, and let god sort them out."
anyone in a tunnel is a combatant. in my view.
john
Posted by: john jay | July 25, 2014 at 09:19 AM
marc:
i don't know why they don't do it.
the classic "propane truck" and a pump. harden the tank on the truck, of course.
"fill 'er up."
john
Posted by: john jay | July 25, 2014 at 09:21 AM