This was something much publicised earlier in the war, that the Ukrainian's feared Russia would blow the dam, so I assume they would have planned for this scenario.
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Same for some bridges in Belgium.
I completely disagree with this take.
Yes. The Alpine tunnels are designed to be destroyed too. Can't have anybody stealing all the money
Quite a few countries have similar I think. Finland already mentioned, and Singapore has its highway runways.
Yes. The Alpine tunnels are designed to be destroyed too. Can't have anybody stealing all the money
Quite a few countries have similar I think. Finland already mentioned, and Singapore has its highway runways.
Here in the UK we just have The Tories and our local councils to ensure our roads are unusable.
Oh a serious note, the videos of people being attacked whilst trying to evacuate the flooded regions are disgusting and some of the most upsetting videos I have seen. So fecking needless.
Ah yes, that's what I meant.
How is a highway that doubles as a tarmac same as a easily destructible infrastructure? Or you meant something else.Yes. The Alpine tunnels are designed to be destroyed too. Can't have anybody stealing all the money
Quite a few countries have similar I think. Finland already mentioned, and Singapore has its highway runways.
I fairly sure Ukraine flooded some areas north of Kiev in the first days of the war. Not sure if they specifically blew a dam, but they’ll surely have been aware of it as a defensive tactic if they’ve done similar themselves.
There are several 100 meters of the dam completly missing. I'm no sapper but to me nothing except a massive amount of planted explosives could cause this amount of damage.
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Yes of course, every military in the world will be aware of it as a strategic option. I mean specifically with regards to this dam being blown. This is all from last year:
Ukraine war: What is a 'dirty bomb' and is Russia planning to blow up the Nova Kakhovka dam? | World News | Sky News
Factbox: Is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine about to be blown? | Reuters
Worst case modelling for Nova Kakhovka dam break (UPDATED) – Cornucopia?
Fears Putin could unleash 'water apocalypse' on liberated Kherson after chunks of key... - LBC
There was loads (I just googled nova kakhovka from last year and there were countless pieces on it) of articles specifically going through this exact scenario. Ukraine is hardly going to think Russia care about human rights violations or war crimes etc. so they must have known they would likely do this this as it seems a pretty fool proof way to stop any advances there.
Russia has destroyed some more Leopards. 
More that lots of countries have last stand measures in place. Switzerland also has the highway runways, and they used to have about 1,000 bridges and tunnels permanently rigged with explosives. They took the explosives away a few years ago but they could be put back if needed.
Russia has destroyed some more Leopards.
Gerasimov has probably briefed this to Putin as a win.
Sweden has designed all jets rugged enough to take off from roads too.
Russia has destroyed some more Leopards.
Really hope their wasn't a pour soul farming away in there.
Maybe we can send some Afghan refugees back to the Taliban while we’re at it
Yep, let them overthrow the taliban, take on some responsibility.
Ignore me.
I posted a rather stupid reply to you thinking based on you being a genuinely ‘send them all home’ person, then realised you weren’t
I'm sure John Mearshimer can provide a theoretical perspective on why the Russian actions were necessary.
It does feel like the Russians believe they may lose Crimea
I assume it's not just Crimea that gets it's water from the river, this will likely become a major cathasrophe for the whole southern Ukraine. The agricultural sector takes a lot of it's water from the canals that flow from the river if I'm not mistaken.
Yes. The Alpine tunnels are designed to be destroyed too. Can't have anybody stealing all the money
Quite a few countries have similar I think. Finland already mentioned, and Singapore has its highway runways.
In Germany we have destroyed many bridges, the railways and many roads to make life difficult for the invader.
I'd expect being detected by seismograph not magnetometer. The latter I think can be used to detect really large scale earthquakes, but I might be wrong here.