article_snippet.sent: A Russian military analyst has said that A Russian military analyst should develop weapons that can cause a nightmare scenario of tsunamis and volcano eruptions in the US, potentially killing hundreds of millions.
article_snippet.sent: In an article titled 'Nuclear Special Forces' A Russian military analyst said that Russia should develop nuclear weapons manned by a small force that can cause tsunamis on the US coasts and force a volcano in Yellowstone National Park to erupt.
article_snippet.sent: Simply and Cheaply' The Russian analyst reasoned that because 80 per cent US population lives near the coast, generating tsunamis on the San Andreas fault and in the Atlantic would be an effective way of causing massive damage to 240 million people.
article_snippet.sent: The Russian analyst references Hurricane Katrina's impact on New Orleans and says that detonating nuclear bombs near the bottom of the ocean would create waves almost a mile high that would sweep inland.
article_snippet.sent: The Russian analyst says that all the seismic activity could release another wave that would wipe out the US's European allies.
article_snippet.sent: The Russian analyst raises the stakes for the apocalyptic scenario even further by saying that the tsunami could trigger the Yellowstone Caldera, a supervolcano that last exploded 640,000 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Triggering the Yellowstone Caldera, which hasn't erupted in 640,000 years, would spread ash across Russia.
article_snippet.sent: Sivkov says that triggering the supervolcano at Yellowstone would cover most of the US in ash and serve as an asymmetric weapon.
article_snippet.sent: According to Sivkov, Russia could also trigger just the volcano with a 'relatively small' megaton blast because just the volcano with a 'relatively small' megaton blast has shown signs of activity.
article_snippet.sent: While Sivkov is convinced of Sivkov idea, it remains to be seen if the tsunami and the litany of destruction that followed would be even be possible if the world came to nuclear war.
article_snippet.sent: Sivkov said that detonating nuclear bombs on the ocean floor could generate deadly tsunamis and cause massive damage to the US population.
highlights_snippet.sent: Konstantin Sivkov says detonating nuclear weapons on seafloor would unleash tsunamis .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Konstantin Sivkov says tsunamis could affect 240 million Americans and hit Europe too .
  