The article has more illustrations.
It really is fucking 2001 all over again
History doesn’t repeat but it does tunnel.
I can hear convos from the future in my head…
MSNBC anchor: “Some people are appalled by the loss of life after the Israeli airstrike on the underground tunnel complex that resulted in approximately 700 civilians dying in or near the hospital. Can you show us what happened on the board?”
Mark “Mac” McStronger, frm. Sub-Commander at MidEast Command: “Sure.” Oops. Fuck. Too conversational. “We always regret the loss of civilian life but as you can see here - the estimated location of the highly fortified bunker was at least 100 feet underground. That being the case…”
Mark “Mac” McStronger had never been on tv before but due to his acumen and wisdom and by that I mean his strong jawline, relative youth, towering height, and handsomeness - he quickly becomes a network favorite natsec go-to guy. There is much unhappiness among the other natsec guys who have none of those qualities. And by that - I mean the important ones. They don’t even have full heads of hair.
The best part about this is it insinuates the bombings of the surface are basically pointless aside from terror.
Not just pointless. Actively bad.
If you wanted to block up those vents you need access to them. If you’ve buried them beneath tonnes of rubble you’re never going to access them and they’re going to function just fine 90% of the time.
Good luck finding them though. I’m also inclined to believe that it isn’t an interconnected system of tunnels but instead several different groups of tunnels.
yep just a totally normal looking city up top, no need to interrogate why there’s a literally underground resistance movement beneath this city
I remember this graphic and thought it was so fuckin cool. I used to daydream about badass mountain fortresses
The West never got over Vietnam
