Great summary, well researched. Looking forward to exploring the links. In another early experiment conducted during WWII, the United States and New Zealand experimented with building a "tsunami bomb" designed to wipe out coastal cities by detonating underwater bombs that could generate a wave as high as 33 feet. The top-secret project was named Project Seal according to a 2013 report in the Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/9774217/Tsunami-bomb-tested-off-New-Zealand-coast.html