Well, the marines the US deployed began training to respond to the event a year or so before it happened, and when they landed they were armed to the teeth and backed up by missle boats. It was more like an invasion than a rescue mission. America has hospital ships that were not deployed. India too has a hospital ship, at least one, and it was deployed right away. I think if anyone gained, it was the US government, they were free to 'discreetly' slaughter the Tamil Tigers to clear up those pesky problems they've been having with sabotage of their equipment and kidnapping of their workers.
Of course Russia might have gained if there was serious damage to the ExxonMobile LNG pumping stations and shipping apparatus, but that wasn't the case for unknown reasons. There didn't appear to be any damage, and production actually picked up after the event because the Tigers gave it a rest (to regroup and bury their dead). Russia is also known to have tsunami weapons, they were developing them as far back as the 70's-80's, openly too.
And FYI: They haven't just been having aftershocks, they've at least one 5.0 every day since the day after the event, that's unprecedented and inexplicable. Those aren't aftershocks, those are full blown earthquakes. Every day since. It's very strange.
My running theory is that the event cracked open an enormous lava chamber, and the 5.0s are explosions touched off when hot magma touches cold sea water. It's the only explanation I can think of.
The damage would also be consistent with an asteroid impact.
mrsdudara
I'm not sure, I didn't hear anything about it. Unless you're talking about combination fission/fussion bombs, which leave almost no trace radiation because they progress to criticality very rapidly? I doubt those would be tested so callously though. Are you maybe thinking of explosive, fuel/air daisy cutters? But again, I find it hard to believe they would test those in FL though...
If you find any additional information maybe start a thread.
Has the process of nationalization gone ahead as planned? I don't think so.
I'd say the energy barons saw a chip getting taken away from them at the big table and kicked the other player under the board. It makes sense, motive wise. Means, yes, that's been discussed. Oppurtunity, certainly, there are probably 2 dozen oil service ships in the region at any given time, perfectly capable of dropping a diving bell housing the device or dispatching a ROV to deliver it more precisely.


But I really am not convinced of anything in this case. I would no more say "This was definitely a nuke." than I
would say "This was definitely David Hasselhoff jumping up and down wildly." We just don't know. There is too much contradictory evidence, and
the region is NOT OPEN to international investigators, because of the rebel unrest.
Wierd huh?
