America tried to create a tsunami bomb

The US and New Zealand military carried out a top secret project to build a bomb capable of causing tsunamis in the Second World War.

Ray Waru, a writer and film producer, happened to see a document about a project to create a "tsunami bomb" in the military archives of a personal collector, ABC reported.

The goal of "Sea Dog" , the name of the tsunami bomb project, is to create a weapon capable of submerging enemy coastal cities with tsunamis. It was initiated in 1944 and closed only a few months before the US dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities in 1945. At that time scientists were about to complete the process of making tsunami bombs. The project was stopped for two reasons: The atomic bomb was born and the world war was about to end.

The US and New Zealand team concluded that they needed two million
kilos of explosives and explosions must occur simultaneously in a water area
length of several kilometers to create a wave with a height of 10 to 12m on the shore.

About 4,000 underwater experiments took place for months at the most popular tourist destinations on New Zealand's Whangaparaoa Peninsula. Scientists at the time wanted to know how many explosions they had to create, how deep, how large the explosions could be made to create tsunamis.

"The team concludes that they need two million kilograms of explosives and explosions must occur simultaneously in a water of several kilometers in length to create a wave of 10 to 12 meters high on the shore." , Waru said.

The documents show that the New Zealand government undertakes all transport and logistics activities, and allows testing of tsunami bombs in their territory, while the US government provides bomb manufacturing technologies.

According to Waru's judgment, it was likely that the US wanted to use tsunami bombs to attack Japan, because many of its cities were located along the coast.

"I guess the US military wants to attack Japanese coastal cities and fortifications with a tsunami bomb before landing inland," Waru commented.