[Iron Munro]

Can it be fixed?

A 350 kiloton nuclear device centered on Washington, DC would get the process started.

[ConservingFreedom]

A 350 kiloton nuclear device centered on Washington, DC would get the process started.

You have my vote.

[AbnSarge]

Whew!

Just missed

[no-s]

A 350 kiloton nuclear device centered on Washington, DC would get the process started.

Not enough, you need to more like a dozen evenly spaced 10 Megaton to nail the beltway too.

It's pretty hard to take down a Hydra. You get two new heads every time you cut one off.