I believe all nations should have strategies to defend themselves in the event of an attack by a foreign power. I see no controversy, here.
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Its a notable ramp up in their defense preparedness, but I enjoyed the ongoing life amongst the industrial decay in the pictures from the article the most. What a unique place to live amongst.
In a land of spy satellites, stealth bombers and ICBMs, "hiding" critical infrastructure in your remote mountain fortress is a little archaic in thinking.
Not at all, the US just lost a war in no small part due to the protection afforded to the Taliban and their supply lines through the Afghan-Pakistan mountains.
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall (booktopia link) I found really eye opening to just how determined our lives and their conflicts are by the geography surrounding us.
Another present example may be the US' severe lack of understanding of Iran's ability to wage an ongoing conflict. Apparently a lot of their infrastructure has been built much more extensively into the mountainous terrain of Iran than initially believed. But I don't know much about this specifically, but to say the country is basically surrounded by a walled mountain fortress, they'd be crazy not to use it.
Are they going to equip him with a giant laser or what
Might be going for Robocccp?
Sounds like they've taken a page out of Iran's book. I can see why.