Yesterday after a bit of reading about Operation Chariot, the commando raid on St Nazaire I was drawn towards Project Chariot*, from the sublime to to the ridiculous. I thought that maybe it was possibly the worst idea of all time but only a day has passed and a Norwegian man has managed to make me doubt it.
*Project Chariot was a plan to create a huge artificial harbour in Alaska using the quite brilliant idea of setting off a load of nuclear bombs. It ran into the small hitch however of there being absolutely no requirement whatsoever for a harbour in that location. In 1962 it was decided that the plan would be “held in abeyance” However it has never been formally cancelled.