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This bridge in Finland has hooks to hang explosives from in case it needs to be collapsed to stop Russian advance (feddit.uk)

submitted 22 hours ago by Iconoclast@feddit.uk to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Most bridges here do, and often when one needs to be demolished and rebuilt, the military blows it up just for practice.

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[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 22 points 20 hours ago

Wouldn't surprise me - their chip foundries are the most robust defense they have. If they were gone, Taiwan would be "just another Island that will cause you loads of headache internationally and because of a nearly guaranteed resistance - and you expended a lot of resources for it on top"