Could the moon be destroyed with current technology?

Terrorists gain complete control of the world's nuclear weapons and they want to destroy the moon. Could they do this with ICBMs? If not, is there enough power in the arsenal to destroy the moon if they could somehow transport the weapons to the moon's surface?

If this is totally impossible, could a weapon strong enough to do it be created with the current level of technology of humans?

Edit: Just to clarify, the goal of these terrorists is not necessarily to kill anyone on Earth. They simply don't like the moon. Additionally, "destroy" in this case means to break the moon apart into pieces. Ideally the big pieces would not fall down on Earth in a cataclysmic way, but it is fine with these terrorists if they recombine into the moon in a few centuries due to gravitational forces.

posted over 8 years ago

bazola‭

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