If Switzerland is attacked, it is literally rigged to blow up.

Re:If Switzerland is attacked, it is literally rigged to blo... by nikatwork on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @11:09PM (#7557476)

I'm surprised Ukraine didn't consider this tactic pre-emptively against Russia, considering they handed back their nukes.

Instead of a minefield, place gas pipelines around bridges and chokepoints that could accidentally suffer "maintenance failure" and explode in case of invasion.

I'm probably being too simplistic about this, I suppose it would just give Russia an excuse to crush Ukraine using force.

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Re:If Switzerland is attacked, it is literally rigged to blo... by qwerta on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @08:34AM (#7558871)

Russians did this tactics against Napoleon. It is flat country, so they effectively had to burn down half of their country.

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Re:If Switzerland is attacked, it is literally rigged to blo... by m_mueller on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @07:22AM (#7558669)

In order to implement a defensive stance, a nation needs to be independent in the first place. It takes years even under the economy of a war to implement a defenses like this - more than enough time for a world power like Russia to prevent it.

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Re:If Switzerland is attacked, it is literally rigged to blo... by contulluipeste on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @03:38AM (#7558121)

The idea of Ukraine independent of Russia is new. It's pretty safe to say that the entire infrastructure in that country was built under Moscow's supervision. It was inconceivable to even think about a plan of defense against an invasion from Russia.

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