Iron Triangle may refer to:
In geography
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Iron Triangle (Korea)
The Iron Triangle was a key communist Chinese and North Korean concentration area and communications junction during the Korean War, located in the central sector between Cheorwon and Gimhwa-eup in the south and Pyonggang in the north. The area w ...
, a Korean War term referring to an area in Korea bounded by Ch'orwon, Kumhwa, and Pyonggang
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Iron Triangle (Vietnam), the name U.S. forces in the Vietnam War gave to the Communist stronghold region northwest of Saigon
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Iron Triangle, Richmond, California, a neighborhood bounded on its three sides by railroad tracks
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Willets Point, Queens, New York, known as "Iron Triangle" for its metal works
* The Iron Triangle, a name given to the iron-producing region of South Australia, bounded by the mining towns of
Iron Knob,
Iron Baron and Iron Monarch, but more usually applied to the nearby industrial towns of
Whyalla,
Port Augusta
Port Augusta is a small city in South Australia. Formerly a port, seaport, it is now a road traffic and Junction (rail), railway junction city mainly located on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf immediately south of the gulf's head and about ...
and
Port Pirie on the upper
Spencer Gulf
The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe and ...
.
* The Iron Triangle, a junction of three major railroad lines in
Fostoria, Ohio
In media
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''The Iron Triangle'' (film), a 1989 Vietnam War film shot in Sri Lanka starring
Beau Bridges
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges was a ...
and Johnny Hallyday
* ''Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle'', a 1983 game in the ''
Nobunaga's Ambition'' series
* ''Iron Triangle'', unofficial title of a collaboration of
Wuxia and
Kung Fu movie director
Chang Cheh and actors
Ti Lung and
David Chiang starting in 1968, resulting in over 40 movies.
In military operations
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Battle of the Iron Triangle
The Battle of the Iron Triangle took place from 16 May to 20 November 1974, when the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 9th Division captured Rach Bap and An Dien. The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) regained the lost towns in a series of ...
, a battle in the Vietnam War that occurred on May 16, 1974
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Operation Iron Triangle, a military operation in the Iraq War in 2006
In politics
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Iron triangle (US politics)
In United States politics, the "iron triangle" comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups, as described in 1981 by Gordon Adams. Earlier mentions of this ‘iron triangle’ ...
, a concept in U.S. politics involving a three-sided relationship among Congress, a Federal department or agency, and a particular industry or interest group.
* "Iron Triangle", three core members of President George W. Bush's political inner circle:
Karl Rove
Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is an American Republican political consultant, policy advisor, and lobbyist. He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until his resignation on August 3 ...
,
Joe Allbaugh
Joe M. Allbaugh (born July 27, 1952) is an American political figure in the Republican Party. After spending most of his career in Oklahoma and Texas, Allbaugh came to national prominence working for Texas governor George W. Bush and helping man ...
, and
Karen Hughes
* "Iron triangle", the relationship of the
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, the business sector (''
keiretsu
A is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings. In the legal sense, it is a type of informal business group that are loosely organized alliances within the social world of Japan's business community. The ''ke ...
''), and the bureaucracy in post–World War II Japan
* More generally, any self-reinforcing power structure, whether intentional or accidental, formal or informal
In other uses
* Iron Triangle (also called
Project triangle or Triple Constraint), a project management concept
See also
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Triangle (musical instrument), also known as a dinner bell
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Wye (rail), sometimes known as a railroad (iron rail) triangle
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Iron triad, the elements iron, cobalt and nickel
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