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> It is just freaky, I don't know if it is good or bad to be associated with such an incident. I think it's not good because of the potential to become politic
by DyslexicAtheist 6y ago
> It is just freaky, I don't know if it is good or bad to be associated with such an incident.
I think it's not good because of the potential to become politicly charged. Add some "cyber" and it has NatSec types reeling. There is a scenario in Ghost Fleet[1] where a vessel sailing under a Chinese flag blocks the Panama canal in a theater of war with the West. Not going to issue any spoilers but it's a brilliant (fiction) novel for hypothetical future war scenario's.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Fleet_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Fleet_(novel)
- AniseAbyss 6y agoI believe the US military was worried about a German or Japanese strike on the Panama canal in WW2. And the Suez Canal was literally blocked by scuttling ships when Egypt took control in the Suez crisis.
- overscore 6y agoThe Panama Canal has always been much more vulnerable than Suez, as the latter is sea-level for it's entire length and has no locks. Destroying or blocking as few as three locks could semi-permanently block all traffic in Panama, or worse, drain Gatun.