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One clear benefit of ensuring disparity of rail systems across adjacent countries is protection from an impromptu invasion. IIRC for some countries during the W
by cenriqueortiz 4y ago
One clear benefit of ensuring disparity of rail systems across adjacent countries is protection from an impromptu invasion. IIRC for some countries during the WWs, that was a main reason for the differences and was in fact effective. I wonder if the rail systems difference helped avoid Russia using the rail system for the invasion of Ukraine.
- idlehand 4y agoRussia and Ukraine have the same gauge. The reason the railroads weren't used to invade is because Ukraine managed to damage the connecting infrastructure enough. Turns out that railroads are a lot better defensively than offensively, in an era of widespread drone usage.
- Sharlin 4y agoNot sure how drones are related – denying rail use from an advancing enemy has always been easy. A destroyed railroad bridge cannot be replaced with a temporary ponton bridge, for one.