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I'm surprised Ukraine didn't consider this tactic pre-emptively against Russia, considering they handed back their nukes. Instead of a minefield, place gas pip
by nikatwork 13y ago
I'm surprised Ukraine didn't consider this tactic pre-emptively against Russia, considering they handed back their nukes.
Instead of a minefield, place gas pipelines around bridges and chokepoints that could accidentally suffer "maintenance failure" and explode in case of invasion.
I'm probably being too simplistic about this, I suppose it would just give Russia an excuse to crush Ukraine using force.
- contulluipeste 13y agoThe idea of Ukraine independent of Russia is new. It's pretty safe to say that the entire infrastructure in that country was built under Moscow's supervision. It was inconceivable to even think about a plan of defense against an invasion from Russia.
- m_mueller 13y agoIn order to implement a defensive stance, a nation needs to be independent in the first place. It takes years even under the economy of a war to implement a defenses like this - more than enough time for a world power like Russia to prevent it.
- qwerta 13y agoRussians did this tactics against Napoleon. It is flat country, so they effectively had to burn down half of their country.