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A tunnel 15-30 feet underground is not "shallow" at all, it's a major earthworks undertaking.
by varjag 6mo ago
A tunnel 15-30 feet underground is not "shallow" at all, it's a major earthworks undertaking.
- cucumber3732842 6mo agoIn Reddit hand wringing land where your 3-gal homeowner air compressor gets called a bomb, yeah sure it's a major undertaking. 15-30ft holes in the ground can be constructed with bog standard earthmoving machinery that isn't even "wide load" so it's "within normal capabilities" by professional or military standards.
- varjag 6mo agoSpoken with the confidence of someone who never dug a full height trench. No the military doesn't do 30ft deep tunnels on the frontline, and it has no equipment to do it.
- cucumber3732842 6mo ago[flagged]
- varjag 6mo agoI just replied in kind and with a statement of fact, you legit have nothing to complain about. You want a better attitude - work on your manners. Not going to address your hole digging trivia further: I know how it works and I know why the military doesn't do that.
- defrost 6mo agoOften undertaken by subsistance miners with hand tools .. eg: Coober Pedy is surrounded by a rabbit warren of tunnels 30 ft down and fanning out following opal. Admittedly that's "soft" rock, but 30 foot is shallow underground mining compared to major league underground mines and open cut super pits.
- varjag 6mo agoPeople built the pyramids with primitive tools too, and it also was a major undertaking.