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It seems believable to me. I've heard some other countries (South Korea, and Switzerland maybe?) have/had bridges rigged to blow up or mountain passes rigged t

• welterde 6y ago
  In Germany certain bridges were also rigged with explosives during the cold war. But they have since been removed.
• skissane 6y ago
  North of Sydney, Australia, there is a 1.69km (just over 1 mile) long railway tunnel on the main northern railway line called the Woy Woy Tunnel. During WW2, a short additional tunnel was dug above the tunnel entrance, to be filled with explosives in order to blow it up. This was so that if Japan invaded, the Japanese military would not be able to use the railway line to help them invade Sydney. The feared Japanese land invasion never came, the explosives were never detonated, but the tunnel dug for the explosives is still there today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_World_War_2_demolition_tunnel_above_the_northern_portal_of_the_Woy_Woy_railway_tunnel.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_World_War_2_d... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_World_War_2_demolition_tunnel_above_the_northern_portal_of_the_Woy_Woy_railway_tunnel.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_World_War_2_d...
• tjalfi 6y ago
  Stay-behind[0] operations such as Operation Gladio[1] were common in western Europe during the Cold War. I wouldn’t be surprised if Taiwan has a similar setup in place. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay-behind https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay-behind [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio