The King of Tonga
Some twenty plus years ago, a utopian group decided they were going to set up
a tax haven, and tried that a couple of decades ago. They put a pile of rocks and a flag pole on top of a submerged mountain in the mid Pacific.
They intended to set up a tax dodge country with a few buildings on stilts. As I remember the story the King of Tonga took an old cannon out of the city
square, mounted it on the royal yacht, and fired a shot to knock down the flag pole. He thereby laid claim to the new territory with economic rights
to everything in the ocean for 200 miles around.
Couldn't we go and take the island back? One howitzer and a Heavy Machine Gun would be fine, though I will bring my 7.62 target rifle, 2 shotguns and a semi .22, plus a fair bit of knowledge in their use! What sort of military do the Tongan's have? If they had to haul down a cannon, a few artillery pieces will stop them, and a few guided missiles. My research tells me they have two prop driven military aircraft, and seven ships over 1000 tons, most of which are civilian by the looks of things. Heck, they only have one paved runway! We could put together an entire package if we could know what the real threats are. After all, Israel did it.