The U.S. and Russia have cooperated in space, and now the two countries are adding high seas to the mix, having set their minds on connecting the Eurasian and American continents via an underwater tunnel in the Bering Strait according to Russia Today.
Originally conceived in 1906, during the rule of the last Russian Czar, Nicholas II, the project had been deemed unrealistic by many, and put on hold by world wars and revolutions, but now seems to have recaptured the hearts of businessmen on three continents. The tunnel is expected to be twice the size of the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France. The 65 mile giant would be the key component of a 3,700 mile railroad reaching from Yakutsk, Russia to Canada’s British Columbia.
I can't help but notice (having served in ADAK) that nobody mentioned all the earthquakes in that neck of the woods.
ReplyDeleteBut naturally, once it's started- Uncle Sugar will be footing the majority of the bill- as usual.
Uncle Sugar will be footing the majority of the bill- as usual.
ReplyDeleteI don't see the benefit for the huge expenditures, unless they "project" they can charge a toll that will eventually pay it back.
I hope it's big and wide enough for multiple battalions of T-72s..or whatever the Rooskies have now. I mean...think how expensive and bothersome it would be to airlift all that armor over to here.
ReplyDeletethink how expensive and bothersome it would be to airlift all that armor over to here.
ReplyDeleteHeh! :)