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Is it easy to sabotage the canal while the battle groups are traversing it, effectively trapping them inside? Would they take that risk?

• vlehto 10y ago
  The alternative is not that much better, Drake passage at the tip of south America is stormy and "only" 1000km across and very stormy. This makes it very difficult for carrier to safely operate aircraft. Which makes it difficult to out range threats. So they pass though stairs of Magellan. Which in turn makes surprise attack with container missile more of a threat. You could fire it from container parked at Punta Arenas. http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/club-k-container-missile-system-26146327.jpg http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/club-k-container-missile-syst... Here is Nimitz at suez channel: http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/military_service/Carrier%20in%20Suez%20Canal.jpg http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/military_service/Carrier%20in%2... and here in Magellan strait: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_040621-N-6536T-066_The_Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier_USS_Ronald_Reagan_(CVN_76)_cruises_through_the_Straits_of_Magellan.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_040621-N-653... Edit: added the word "stormy". Drake passage is mean business.https://cnet4.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2008/03/04/e9944d14-f4d6-11e2-8c7c-d4ae52e62bcc/resize/570xauto/df581edfcc2b8edf0d0248c45f1cc62f/3t_global_wind.jpg https://cnet4.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2008/03/04/e9944d14-f4d...
  • relix 10y ago
    Interesting, thanks.
  • jessriedel 10y ago
    Do the really go through the straits of Magellan that often? They did it for the first time only in 2004. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=13939 http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=13939