Posted on 04/25/2025 12:53:58 PM PDT by Red Badger
Good news, some of us still welcome it.
Just recently there were people talking about how much damage it had and saying they were concerned that it was going to fail on its own. Given the state of their construction industry Im not entirely convinced that even if they did repairs it would stand much longer.
-three gorges dam is one of the most massive structures on earth nothing short of megaton yield nuclear weapons are going to damage it.-
Our Bunker Buster bombs are designed to damage reinforced cement structures like this dam and you only have to weaken the already stressed dam to let the 40 cubic kilometers of water behind the dam destroy it.
The dam also has two series of locks to allow ships to move up and down the river which are softer targets. While the locks are not under pressure, if you allow a path for the water from the reservoir to the river below the dam through the locks, erosion will quickly destroy it.
While I’m not an expert and certainly don’t think it is a good idea, I think it would be a doable thing well short of nukes.
Dude that’s just a ludicrous statement. That dam could be taken out with a wide variety of conventional weaponry, a GBU-57A/B would punch its ticket NO problem.
Who else? Morons, I mean.
Commercial harbors, train stations, highways, factories, dams, oil refineries, electrical distribution systems, military bases. Aqueducts, airfields, missile sites, navy harbors...that will slow them down enough to let other countries invade and take over. Russia and India come to mind. Not to mention Southeast Asia.
I do see you are a big fan of thermonuclear war, however. With your more than moronic suggestion, which if carried out would win you a 10 megaton prize.
Sooner or later threats have to be dealt with. Nuclear weapons will never be used? Of course they will be. Hate to break it to you. Humans.
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