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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP25 Jun 2026 1:48 p.m. PST

"Although trenches were used in the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. Civil War, World War I is commonly known as the first large-scale trench war. Although trenches offered some protection to troops on both sides from automatic weapons and artillery, World War I was still a bloodbath.

The recent October 7 Israeli-Hamas conflict, by contrast, will probably be remembered as the first tunnel war. It was an asymmetric war because, compared to Israel, Hamas, poorly equipped and organized, adopted a strategy of mostly hiding underground and engaging in periodic guerrilla assaults. The Hamas tunnel strategy slowed the Israeli counteroffensive, but it ultimately failed.

Does this mean an end to tunneling as a major strategic concept?

Unlikely…"


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JMcCarroll25 Jun 2026 2:28 p.m. PST

Well I don't know about you, but I'm investing in wood chucks with lasers on there heads.

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