The US had a plan in the 1960s to blast an alternative Suez Canal through Israel using 520 nuclear bombs

Mon, 07/31/2023 - 10:48

Israel canal plan — An annotated map of Egypt and Israel shows the placement of the existing Suez Canal and an approximation of plans for a canal through Israel that the US considered in the 1960s.
Google Maps/Insider

A declassified memorandum revealed a 1963 US plan to create an alternative to the Suez Canal.
It would have excavated more than 160 miles through Israel's Negev desert with nuclear bombs.
A cargo ship is currently stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking the vital shipping route

The US considered a proposal to use 520 nuclear bombs to carve out an alternative to the Suez Canal though Israel in the 1960s, according to a declassified memorandum.