Doesn't need to be.
They can build these temporarily
Like D-Day
Posted on 03/27/2024 9:08:32 AM PDT by ransomnote
Independent journalist Lara Logan’s report on the “accident” is very different from the reports in the mainstream media.
Here’s what Logan had to say about the cargo ship’s “accident” with the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore:
Multiple intel sources: The Baltimore bridge collapse was an “absolutely brilliant strategic attack” on US critical infrastructure – most likely cyber – & our intel agencies know it. In information warfare terms, they just divided the US along the Mason-Dixon line, exactly like the Civil War.
The second busiest strategic roadway in the nation for hazardous material is now down for 4-5 years – which is how long they say it will take to recover. Bridge was built specifically to move hazardous material – fuel, diesel, propane gas, nitrogen, highly flammable materials, chemicals, and oversized cargo that cannot fit in the tunnels – that supply chain now crippled.
Make no mistake: this was an extraordinary attack in terms of planning, timing & execution.
The two critical components on that bridge are the two load-bearing pylons on each end, closest to the shore. They are bigger, thicker and deeper than anything else. These are the anchor points and they knew that hitting either one one of them would be a fatal wound to the integrity of the bridge.
Half a mile of bridge went in the river – likely you will have to build a new one. Also caused so much damage to the structural integrity of the bottom concrete part that you cannot see & won’t know until they take the wreckage apart. Structural destruction likely absolute.
Attack perfectly targeted.
“They have figured out how to bring us down. As long as you stay away from the teeth of the US military, you can pick the US apart.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Oh here we go with the conspiracy theories.
The Dali, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, meeting the designs of the owner Oceanbulk Maritime SA and ocean transport service Maersk:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Dali
was “a single screw.” I incorrectly assumed at least “twin screws” - 1 port side plus 1 starboard side.
A single screw boat / ship / vessel is prone to the propellor “walking” (known as paddlewheel effect or asymmetric blade thrust) - partcularly when the vessel is set to run in Reverse motion.
From the rear view: A right hand prop rotates clockwise when the vessel is set to run in Forward motion . . . and counter-clockwise when the vessel is set to run in Reverse motion.
In Reverse, the stern of the vessel “walks” to port - to the left.
So, in the crosswind of 8 knots from the east “working” on the very high and large “sail” of the vessel+containers ship heading southeast, and now including the prop “walking” the stern to port . . . the FSK Bridge support was in the way.
The ship has 1 stern rudder, plus 1 bow thruster.
When in forward motion (”under way”) and very heavy, but single screw in reverse, the rudder is initially not a significant contributor. The bow thruster also not much help - if it was working.
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Dali sister ship: MV Cezanne:
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9697416
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:5481513/shipname:CEZANNE?order=date_uploaded
See: https://www.marinetraffic.com/getPhoto/?photo_id=4950293&photo_size=800
MV Cezanne appears to have a single rudder. Ship, when light and high in the water - the single prop is more effective at performing the “prop walk” to port, when ship is in Reverse.
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Sometimes an accident is just an accident. It doesn’t have to make sense. It just happens.
I wouldn’t even know where to begin addressing the absolute lunacy in this article. So I won’t bother trying.
Cool you posted conjecture. Not facts but conjecture.
“Oh here we go with the conspiracy theories.”
until it’s proven true.
Took out the Concrete support. Of all the places to hit, it had to hit there. Pretty big water area, and it hits that?
Occam’s Razor is always sharp.
FWIW - hope that boat had insurance. If you did that with your car, you’d be on the hook big time.
Intel sources = youtube watching nose pickers
“Multiple intel sources:”
Oh it must be true then.
You must not have realized it was actually built by Boeing.
“Oh here we go with the conspiracy theories.”
They started 1:29 AM yesterday.
“Of all the places to hit, it had to hit there.”
Where else do you think it could have hit?
Lara’s been right alot more than she’s been wrong. Her sources have come through well for her before.
These ships are crewed by whatever international crew will work for the least amount of money. It is not surprising that some are incompetent or that others are saboteurs or terrorists.
Just because something can be made to fit a narrative, doesn’t mean it’s so.
Yet somehow we got along fine without that bridge up until 1977.
Doesn't need to be.
They can build these temporarily
Like D-Day
I never imagined that such ships would be single screw. But then I should have expected that these things would be built as cheaply as possible. It must be a cast iron bytch to dock these things.
I lean towards the DEI and incompetence. While it would be a brilliant strategic attack scenario, so far nothing points to that having been the case.
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