• datelmd5sum@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Is there anything between the Urals and Alaska that would slow down an invading army? Other than the lack of infrastructure.

    • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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      3 months ago

      Just like everything. Forests, swamps, rivers, extreme weather. There’s a reason people don’t live in that part of the world

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        3 months ago

        I’d slightly categorize that under “lack of infrastructure”. Taiga covers 12% of Earth’s land area and is difficult to travel in. 25% of Earth’s land area is mountainous, 33% desert, 7% rainforest…

      • Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        Yes. Putin has been acting like global warming will unlock more Russian land for production. Turns out the permafrost areas are such because they were mostly giant bogs before freezing.

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          3 months ago

          The explosions of Methane as it thaws is interesting and worrying. Definitely not a place that people are going to want to live in even when warmer.

    • plactagonic@sopuli.xyzOP
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      3 months ago

      No, just look in to history they have lost control of it 1918-1920.

      As my friend says “I will join army only if I can ride trains through Siberia and shoot ruzzians, as my grandfather.”