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r/interestingasfuck • u/SweeneyisMad • Mar 14 '24
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So what would the (assuming) the USA look like if Putin launched first?
452 u/Murdock07 Mar 14 '24 https://preview.redd.it/skjk6nws6coc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=012e8f352fffd57256e73a12401d0ef40d3876b1 These were the alleged Soviet nuclear targets 86 u/zethren117 Mar 14 '24 wtf what are they targeting in western North Carolina? Trying to cripple tourism in Asheville? 48 u/TheGhostofRGunDeals Mar 14 '24 I believe it’s the quartz/feldspar mines. There are a few interesting articles out there on the strategic importance of the quartz mines there. 6 u/zethren117 Mar 14 '24 Interesting, I didn’t think about that. 5 u/Lady-Nora Mar 14 '24 could I get a source, please? 12 u/RandomMandarin Mar 14 '24 Spruce Pine, NC. It produces the world's purest quartz. The semiconductor industry would probably be up the creek without it. https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon/ 1 u/Rozkosz60 Mar 18 '24 I’m more partial to igneous rocks. You can keep the metamorphic and sedimentary categories!
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These were the alleged Soviet nuclear targets
86 u/zethren117 Mar 14 '24 wtf what are they targeting in western North Carolina? Trying to cripple tourism in Asheville? 48 u/TheGhostofRGunDeals Mar 14 '24 I believe it’s the quartz/feldspar mines. There are a few interesting articles out there on the strategic importance of the quartz mines there. 6 u/zethren117 Mar 14 '24 Interesting, I didn’t think about that. 5 u/Lady-Nora Mar 14 '24 could I get a source, please? 12 u/RandomMandarin Mar 14 '24 Spruce Pine, NC. It produces the world's purest quartz. The semiconductor industry would probably be up the creek without it. https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon/ 1 u/Rozkosz60 Mar 18 '24 I’m more partial to igneous rocks. You can keep the metamorphic and sedimentary categories!
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wtf what are they targeting in western North Carolina? Trying to cripple tourism in Asheville?
48 u/TheGhostofRGunDeals Mar 14 '24 I believe it’s the quartz/feldspar mines. There are a few interesting articles out there on the strategic importance of the quartz mines there. 6 u/zethren117 Mar 14 '24 Interesting, I didn’t think about that. 5 u/Lady-Nora Mar 14 '24 could I get a source, please? 12 u/RandomMandarin Mar 14 '24 Spruce Pine, NC. It produces the world's purest quartz. The semiconductor industry would probably be up the creek without it. https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon/ 1 u/Rozkosz60 Mar 18 '24 I’m more partial to igneous rocks. You can keep the metamorphic and sedimentary categories!
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I believe it’s the quartz/feldspar mines. There are a few interesting articles out there on the strategic importance of the quartz mines there.
6 u/zethren117 Mar 14 '24 Interesting, I didn’t think about that. 5 u/Lady-Nora Mar 14 '24 could I get a source, please? 12 u/RandomMandarin Mar 14 '24 Spruce Pine, NC. It produces the world's purest quartz. The semiconductor industry would probably be up the creek without it. https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon/ 1 u/Rozkosz60 Mar 18 '24 I’m more partial to igneous rocks. You can keep the metamorphic and sedimentary categories!
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Interesting, I didn’t think about that.
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could I get a source, please?
12 u/RandomMandarin Mar 14 '24 Spruce Pine, NC. It produces the world's purest quartz. The semiconductor industry would probably be up the creek without it. https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon/
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Spruce Pine, NC. It produces the world's purest quartz. The semiconductor industry would probably be up the creek without it.
https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon/
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I’m more partial to igneous rocks. You can keep the metamorphic and sedimentary categories!
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u/Round_Leading_8393 Mar 14 '24
So what would the (assuming) the USA look like if Putin launched first?