Talk:Third Tunnel of Aggression

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The article states the tunnel can easily support a division per hour. 2m high and 2m wide? So it can support troops moving single file. Wikipedia defines a division as being at least 10,000 troops. An hour has 3,600 seconds. So about 3 soldiers need to come out of it per second. Let's say that the spacing between each soldier is 1m, they'd need to run the full 1.7 kilometers at above jogging speed with their equipment. And god forbid if anyone fell down. Msoftceo 23:38, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, if it's two metres wide, it could easily handle two or three men abreast - or a truck/armored carrier full of soldiers.

User:Spock 156.34.16.84 00:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I tend to agree. Although I understand the threat posed by the tunnel, I have always thought the figures given for troop infiltration have been greatly exagerated. The tunnel is very cramped, most people who are taller than the average Korean need to bend over to go in the tunnel. The tunnel is somewhat semicircular, so the two meter distance is the about the width at the widest point, but the tunnel is tallest in the center (of the width) and decreases in height getting closer to the walls. Isaac Crumm 03:25, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Although photographs are not permitted in the tunnel, if anyone was able to sneak one, it would be a great addition to the article.

^ I'd rather not risk ending up in a south korean jail on charges of espionage...

75.5.255.55 (talk) 02:26, 23 September 2007 (UTC)