Posted on 03/25/2024 11:45:29 PM PDT by Drago
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland which crosses the Patapsco River has reportedly Collapsed within the last few minutes after being Struck by a Large Container Ship
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Clutch your pearls on another thread :)
Multiple intel sources: 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.
Second busiest strategic roadway in the nation for hazardous material 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. We are arrogant and ignorant - lethal combination. Obama said they would fundamentally change America and they did. We are in a free-fall ride on a roller coaster right now - no brakes - just picking up speed.”
The footage shows the cargo ship never got in the approach lane in the channel. You have to be in the channel before you get into that turn. Location was precise/deliberate: chose a bend in the river where you have to slow down and commit yourself - once you are committed in that area there is not enough room to maneuver.
Should have had a harbor pilot to pilot the boat. You are not supposed to traverse any obstacles without the harbor pilot.
They chose a full moon so they would have maximum tidal shift - rise and fall. Brisk flow in that river on a normal day & have had a lot of rain recently so water was already moving along at a good pace.
Hit it with enough kinetic energy to knock the load-bearing pylon out from under the highway - which fatally weakens the span and then 50 percent of the bridge fell into the water.
All these factors when you look at it - this is how you teach people how to do this type of attack and there are so few people left in the system who know this. We have a Junior varsity team on the field.
Tremendous navigational obstruction. Huge logistical nightmare to clean this up. Number of dead is tragic but not the whole measure of the attack.
That kind-of bridge constantly under repair - always at night because there is so much traffic and they cannot obstruct that during the day. So concern is for repair guys who were on foot (out of their vehicles) working who may now be in the water - 48 degrees at most at this time of year.
When you choke off Baltimore you have cut the main north-south hazardous corridor (I95) in half. Now has to go around the city - or go somewhere else.
To move some of that cargo through the tunnel you may be able to get a permit but those are slow to get and require an escort system that is expensive and has to be done at night.
For every $100 dollars that goes into the city, $12 comes from shipping. Believe this will cripple the city of Baltimore at a time when they do not have the resources to recover.
Excellent link/info .. thanks !
Here is this man’s superior videos. He had one earlier today too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N39w6aQFKSQ
He mentions that we don’t know anything about why the ships power went out. But he says one possibility is ships on board computer failure. Could the ships computer system have been hacked by a nefarious party? Just throwing this out there.
IOW terrorism or warfare.
His video from earlier today is very good too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbUXewlQDk&t=183s
bttt
Could be...if this is port is as important as what it's being made out to be then a direct attack would be stupid. So taking over the system on the ship and/or disabling it would seem to the preferred route of sabatage.
“The strange thing is that it appeared that the boat turned right into the bridge support structure.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbUXewlQDk&t=183s
Probably because the ship’s captain threw the one propeller it has into extreme reverse. Reversing a ship like this makes it unstable, twisting and turning.
Above commentator says it would have been better to just use the rudder to steer the powerless ship as best the captain could. To at least dodge the bridge supporting pylons. (But perhaps the rudder was out too along with the ships power)
Oh, my message has been consistent. The idea that a beta male doesn’t like it just makes it more fun.
I’ll be stickin around as long as I like. You too, please.
Solar emmision damage?
Not saying it was, or wasn't terrorism....but if it was, the intended outcome doesn't have to be immediate loss of life for it to be terrorism.
The economic impact could have been a motivating factor. Or, simply psychological terrorism to create fear and uncertainty amongst the populace.
Think, setting massive wildfires in the southwest/west.
Yes, i as well.
Out west here the rivers and lake have nice rocky bottoms.
Out in the midwest they are all organic and muddy and slick. Alot of that is said to be a result of ag runoff and soil errosion.
Loads do interesting things through the weakest link.
Terrorists plan for maximum casualties, not middle of the night when bridge traffic is at its lowest.
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There's also economic, and psychological terrorism. Doesn't always have to be maximum immediate loss of life for them to create problems in a society.
From the looks of THAT, I’m surprised a damaging collision didn’t occur sooner. A frontal pic would be good in addition. No deflecting structure? Yikes.
Yep. And logistic.
Lol! You’re gonna need to get your own schtick, buddy. Try again.
Agreed.
This very ship, the Dali, has now been involved in (at least) 2 collisions.
The ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse also crashed in a European port in 2016
However....none of that is to say that I believe what this government says when it comes to acts of terrorism, or immediately determining something wasn't a terrorist attack.
I have full faith and confidence that if this was such an attack, they will do everything they possibly can to conceal or otherwise bury the information.
Chinese container ship comes in way too fast and wipes out four cargo cranes , $50million in damage just for those.
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