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)

It is very cramped inside the tunnel. Two people abreast without any gear could walk down the the tunnel. There's no way a truck could make it. It's even more cramped now since water pumping equipment was added making the tunnel 1.7m tall. I had to bend pretty far over to make it down the tunnel. Steve Checkoway (talk) 13:15, 6 May 2010 (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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.31.90.94 (talk) 03:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

^ I'd rather not risk ending up in a south korean jail on charges of espionage... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.65.225.146 (talk) 19:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

wuss —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.5.255.55 (talk) 02:26, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

What does this sentence mean?

The third is visible by tourists visiting the tunnel and the second is visible through a window in the third.

what is this "second" thingy it mentions? It certainly isn't the second tunnel which, as can be seen on a map in the Military Demarcation Line article, is pretty far away from the 3rd tunnel. 76.24.104.52 (talk) 05:37, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

The clue is in the previous line "The South Koreans have blocked the actual Military Demarcation Line in the tunnel with three concrete barricades". So the first barricade (nearest the MDL) cannot be seen but the second barricade can be seen through a window in the third barricade. --Rumping (talk) 00:20, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

"statements in the tunnel"

North Korea then officially declared it part of a coal mine; black "coal" was painted on the walls by retreating soldiers to help confirm this statement. However, statements in the tunnel claim that there is no geological likelihood of coal being in the area.

Clarify "statements in the tunnel". Opinions expressed by experts standing in the tunnel? Signs addressed to tourists? —Tamfang (talk) 21:42, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Signs addressed to tourists. I observed them today. And yeah, the rock is granite, with some black stuff on it here and there. Dunno where you could verify that the North Koreans ever said it was a coal mine. Greg (talk) 07:57, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

current name

I went on the tour today, and it is being called the "Third Infiltration Tunnel" these days. Greg (talk) 07:56, 1 December 2013 (UTC)