Iron Triangle Explained

Iron Triangle may refer to:

In geography

• Iron Triangle (Korea), a Korean War term referring to an area between Cheorwon County and Kimhwa in the south and Pyonggang in the North of Gangwon Province
• 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 mining towns of Iron Knob, Iron Baron and Iron Monarch, but more usually applied to the nearby industrial towns of Whyalla, Port Augusta and Port Pirie on the upper Spencer Gulf.
• 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
• 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

• Battle of the Iron Triangle, a battle in Vietnam between the ARVN and the NVA 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
• Iron triad, the elements iron, cobalt and nickel