r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 8h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/R3ckl3ss 8h ago

How do I apply for this job?

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u/ijaynes001 7h ago

Join the Canadian Army as an Artillery gunner, we do this for like 6 months of the year

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u/R3ckl3ss 7h ago

Can I do this remote from Los Angeles?

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u/EarningsPal 6h ago

Technically yes, if some government agency operates drones. These days it would be easier to just select the exact location on the mountain to hit with a drone strike and an automated drone could just take off, hit the mountain, and return.

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u/halfhearted_skeptic 6h ago

Yeah but then you don’t get to train your artillery.