The Panama Canal can also be blocked very easily, for months or longer.
The Panama Canal operates on gravity, with the water held in Gatun Lake flowing downhill through the locks.
If Gatun Dam is blown and the lake is drained, the Panama Canal is out of action for months at least.
This means that USN warships on the east coast will take weeks longer to get to “The Battle of Taiwan,” for example.
I don’t need to mention the HEAVY presence of the ChiComs in Panama.
And if the Suez Canal is blocked at the same time, NATO fleets will have to go around Africa to get to the battle.
Thank you Jimmy Carter for giving away the Panama Canal to the Chinese. We no longer have a military presence on the base.