Martin Hellman at Stanford has made a consistent, logical, and compelling counter-argument to this for many years. Purely from a statistical point of view, the longer one waits, the higher the probability of a (possibly accidental) trigger.
To my mind, the assertion that nukes are in any way useful is short-sighted and likely a result of inexperience. The author (Keck) in the OP was a student a couple of years ago, whereas Hellman has had a long and distinguished career at Stanford and elsewhere.
I know who I'm going to listen to first.
Correct. The original two partner institutions were
Later, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan joined the consortium, to provide the ALMA Compact Array and a second correlator, among other things.
It's sometimes a bit bewildering working in this multi-site environment, but it's mostly just amazing
Meh, she's at best a 7.
After Goliath's defeat, giants ceased to command respect. - Freeman Dyson