Iron Triangle

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Iron Triangle may refer to:

In geography

• Iron Triangle (Korea), a Korean War term referring to an area in Korea bounded by Ch'orwon, Kumhwa, and Pyonggang
• Iron Triangle (Vietnam), the name U.S. forces in the Vietnam War gave to the Communist stronghold region northwest of Saigon
• Iron Triangle, Richmond, California, a neighborhood bounded on its three sides by railroad tracks
• 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 towns of Port Augusta, Port Pirie and Whyalla
• The Iron Triangle, a junction of three major railroad lines in Fostoria, Ohio

In media

• The Iron Triangle (film), a 1989 Vietnam War film shot in Sri Lanka starring Beau Bridges and Johnny Hallyday
• Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle, a 1983 game in the Nobunaga's Ambition series

In military operations

• Battle of the Iron Triangle, a battle in the Vietnam War that occurred on May 16, 1974
• Operation Iron Triangle, a military operation in the Iraq War in 2006

In politics

• Iron triangle (US politics), 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, Joe Allbaugh, and Karen Hughes
• "Iron triangle", the relationship of the Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, the business sector (keiretsu), 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

• Triangle (musical instrument), also known as a dinner bell
• Wye (rail), sometimes known as a railroad (iron rail) triangle