One, those are two different countries. Western side is the UAE. Eastern side is Oman.
Two, that’s about 120 miles/196km. The Panama canal is about 40 miles/64km, and a significant chunk of that makes use of already-existing lakes.
whhaaaaa on
But why they call it a strait when it’s obviously curved?
Drackar39 on
Like. Thanos snap the whole damn thing away and Iran can still hit slow moving merchant vessels with missiles.
supercujo on
Time to revive the nuclear earthmoving project from the 50s
ccAbstraction on
where is this?
judgejuddhirsch on
Just knock a bit off the tip each time a boat passes and you can widen it graduallyÂ
Old-Essay-7866 on
Re-enacting Fitzcarraldo is not something I’d recommend. That is true true
RabidProDentite on
Because it would require moving 25x the amount of earth as it took to make the panama canal, thats why.
Mind_Killer on
Yah, why not cut through two countries, multiple major cities including Abu Dhabi, and commit to a construction project that would be expensive as hell instead of just… sailing 200 miles to the right?
Itsbaryal on
Common sense does not matter here 🙄
Cream_Stay_Frothy on
Someone tell him he’s the smartest person ever and give him a shovel… that should keep him quiet for awhile
moogorb on
Everything reminds me of her
PointsOfXP on
If technology never improved and there weren’t so many things to work towards like there is now there would absolutely be a force of dudes working for hundreds of years to level this bitch. It’d be in all the history books
notha_leon on
How did they miss a big ass mountain?
KlyptoK on
Bro just use 520 nuclear bombs.
cat_selling_souls on
Big land, very dry, too hot, and no water. Anakin Skywalker once said, “I hate sand, it’s course, rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere.”
TheMightyGoatMan on
Technical challenges aside, Iran would do everything possible to stop the construction to maintain their stranglehold on the strait.
A war would need to be fought to disarm Iran before construction could begin, and once Iran was disarmed there’d be no need for the canal.
Lopkop on
Because instantly vaporizing whatever remains of Iran’s ability to threaten shipping with the press of a button is a lot easier than building the longest canal in human history
braddeicide on
Worth worth
kneemahp on
Just start with a small stream and wait a few million years of erosion. You’ll have a second canyon pass before you know it
thecbass on
Dig a tunnel dig dig a tunnel!
Patriot420 on
Let’s all obsess over a random thought
old-wise_bill on
3x longer than panama canal through inhospitable desert with sand dunes that shift constantly and then a 1000m mountain range. Seems feasible
Goufydude on
Everything is simple when your education peaked in middle school.
Paldasan on
Why don’t we just dig a hole where the US is? We could fix so much stupid? /s
DENelson83 on
“Or just _move away from oil,_ ya gullible sods!”
junkyardpig on
Feels more like an ELI dog
MONSTERBEARMAN on
Hear me out: we can take a tunnel, and a canal, and combine them together. A tunnal.
Petrostar on
Diggy Diggy Hole….
Juwulkillduho on
That mountain ain’t the only thing hard and big….
n7ripper on
Trump will want to nuke this for sure
Prairiewill on
Explain it like he’s 5, not a Neanderthal 🤣
algarhythms on
Now I want to go play Dig Dug
DryManufacturer5393 on
Explain it to me like I’m 5 and you’re the Hulk
prickleynomad on
Thanks for that answer 😊, but I think massive firing points can be made on that high ground rather quickly.
ozlurk on
Would have been ok with 6,000 slaves , 15 years to spare and sail boats but today thats a multi billion dollar project using explosives and heavy excavators , and the canal would have to be 300m wide and 40m deep to allow for deep draft vessels to pass . And then who owns the island left over
hazelxnutz on
Have you guys ever heard about Mehmed II? He did something similar during his conquest of Constantinople.
Dyslexic_youth on
Fool bomb go boom make high ground low water flow. Less make bomb than make bomb make person red mist!
Pingus_Papa on
Tunnel only, no big dig dig. Canal is only half tunnel.
FanaticEgalitarian on
Or use Russian Boom Boom. Few boom booms, scary invisible death, canal VERY wide now!
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He speak the true true.
Because it would be really expensive.
Diggy hole?
DIGGY HOLE!?
Not that simple.
One, those are two different countries. Western side is the UAE. Eastern side is Oman.
Two, that’s about 120 miles/196km. The Panama canal is about 40 miles/64km, and a significant chunk of that makes use of already-existing lakes.
But why they call it a strait when it’s obviously curved?
Like. Thanos snap the whole damn thing away and Iran can still hit slow moving merchant vessels with missiles.
Time to revive the nuclear earthmoving project from the 50s
where is this?
Just knock a bit off the tip each time a boat passes and you can widen it graduallyÂ
Re-enacting Fitzcarraldo is not something I’d recommend. That is true true
Because it would require moving 25x the amount of earth as it took to make the panama canal, thats why.
Yah, why not cut through two countries, multiple major cities including Abu Dhabi, and commit to a construction project that would be expensive as hell instead of just… sailing 200 miles to the right?
Common sense does not matter here 🙄
Someone tell him he’s the smartest person ever and give him a shovel… that should keep him quiet for awhile
Everything reminds me of her
If technology never improved and there weren’t so many things to work towards like there is now there would absolutely be a force of dudes working for hundreds of years to level this bitch. It’d be in all the history books
How did they miss a big ass mountain?
Bro just use 520 nuclear bombs.
Big land, very dry, too hot, and no water. Anakin Skywalker once said, “I hate sand, it’s course, rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere.”
Technical challenges aside, Iran would do everything possible to stop the construction to maintain their stranglehold on the strait.
A war would need to be fought to disarm Iran before construction could begin, and once Iran was disarmed there’d be no need for the canal.
Because instantly vaporizing whatever remains of Iran’s ability to threaten shipping with the press of a button is a lot easier than building the longest canal in human history
Worth worth
Just start with a small stream and wait a few million years of erosion. You’ll have a second canyon pass before you know it
Dig a tunnel dig dig a tunnel!
Let’s all obsess over a random thought
3x longer than panama canal through inhospitable desert with sand dunes that shift constantly and then a 1000m mountain range. Seems feasible
Everything is simple when your education peaked in middle school.
Why don’t we just dig a hole where the US is? We could fix so much stupid? /s
“Or just _move away from oil,_ ya gullible sods!”
Feels more like an ELI dog
Hear me out: we can take a tunnel, and a canal, and combine them together. A tunnal.
Diggy Diggy Hole….
That mountain ain’t the only thing hard and big….
Trump will want to nuke this for sure
Explain it like he’s 5, not a Neanderthal 🤣
Now I want to go play Dig Dug
Explain it to me like I’m 5 and you’re the Hulk
Thanks for that answer 😊, but I think massive firing points can be made on that high ground rather quickly.
Would have been ok with 6,000 slaves , 15 years to spare and sail boats but today thats a multi billion dollar project using explosives and heavy excavators , and the canal would have to be 300m wide and 40m deep to allow for deep draft vessels to pass . And then who owns the island left over
Have you guys ever heard about Mehmed II? He did something similar during his conquest of Constantinople.
Fool bomb go boom make high ground low water flow. Less make bomb than make bomb make person red mist!
Tunnel only, no big dig dig. Canal is only half tunnel.
Or use Russian Boom Boom. Few boom booms, scary invisible death, canal VERY wide now!
Nuke it
The dwarves want too much shiny for diggy dig.
Many many ha ha’s.