Stealth Superpower: Turkey Is Chasing China to Become the Next Big Thing

[retro]

Re: Stealth Superpower: Turkey Is Chasing China to Become the Next Big Thing

With all the liberal ideas I see being enforced in Armenia, I'm guessing this will be reality soon enough.

Despite it's delusions of grandeur Turkey is small fry in the greater scheme of things and neither Russia or India are a serious counter to China. Turkey's bilateral relations and trade with Russia have improved in recent years. Whilst Armenia should certainly commit it's self to a Azerbaijani-Armenian normalisation process.

If Armenia reopens it's border with Turkey for anything other than freight and transit transfers. Then the Turks will flood into Armenia and take over the country. Remember a trap placed in plain view is still a trap.

If you ask me, Armenia's energies would be far better invested in building a great wall to keep the uncivilized, Mongol hordes out.

[arakeretzig]

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If you ask me, Armenia's energies would be far better invested in building a great wall to keep the uncivilized, Mongol hordes out.

It worked for China, you might be on to something here

[Yedtarts]

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If you ask me, Armenia's energies would be far better invested in building a great wall to keep the uncivilized, Mongol hordes out.

It worked for China, you might be on to something here

And we have all the stones to do it double layered.

[retro]

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It worked for China, you might be on to something here

You could use dynamite to create deep anti-tank trenches. Which forces the enemies engineers to secure and build bridges or in order to traverse them. Artillery isn't much good against trenches or wire barricades as they found out in WW1.

Some interesting trivia.

On the Western Front during the First World War, the military employed specialist miners to dig tunnels under No Man's Land. The main objective was to place mines beneath enemy defensive positions. When it was detonated, the explosion would destroy that section of the trench. The infantry would then advance towards the enemy front-line hoping to take advantage of the confusion that followed the explosion of an underground mine...

Mines became larger and larger. At the beginning of the Somme offensive, the British denoted two mines that contained 24 tons of explosives. Another 91,111 lb. mine at Spanbroekmolen created a hole that afterwards measured 430 ft. from rim to rim. Now known as the Pool of Peace, it is large enough to house a 40 ft. deep lake.

In January, 1917, General Sir Herbert Plumer, gave orders for 20 mines to be placed under German lines at Messines. Over the next five months more than 8,000 metres of tunnel were dug and 600 tons of explosive were placed in position. Simultaneous explosion of the mines took place at 3.10 on 7th June. The blast killed an estimated 10,000 soldiers and was so loud it was heard in London.

Imagine 10,000 German soldiers where blown to smithereens just like that.

[KanadaHye]

Re: Stealth Superpower: Turkey Is Chasing China to Become the Next Big Thing

Imagine 10,000 German soldiers where blown to smithereens just like that.

There are easy solutions for the world's over population problems.