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To: elfman2
Cables on suspension bridges are several feet in diameter - unless they're going to "cut" them with a bomb...nothing's getting cut.
16 posted on 03/07/2003 8:19:15 PM PST by July 4th
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To: July 4th
Cables on suspension bridges are several feet in diameter - unless they're going to "cut" them with a bomb...nothing's getting cut.

The wires connecting the cables to the roadway are much thinner, however...

32 posted on 03/07/2003 8:54:32 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (There be no shelter here; the front line is everywhere!)
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To: July 4th
Cables on suspension bridges are several feet in diameter - unless they're going to "cut" them with a bomb...nothing's getting cut.

I heard of a plot to crash gasoline tanker trucks on the bridges. This was last week and it had to with recent arrests overseas.

43 posted on 03/07/2003 9:24:57 PM PST by tubebender (?)
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To: July 4th
Cables on suspension bridges are several feet in diameter - unless they're going to "cut" them with a bomb...nothing's getting cut.

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59 posted on 03/08/2003 4:25:56 AM PST by We Happy Few ("we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother;")
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To: July 4th
Riser cabeles are only about 4 inches in diameter. A shaped charge could take it out easy
62 posted on 03/08/2003 5:26:43 AM PST by Trident/Delta (Colt 1911 .45ACP .... The "original" point and click device.....)
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To: July 4th
"Cables on suspension bridges are several feet in diameter - unless they're going to "cut" them with a bomb...nothing's getting cut. "

Thanks for clearing that up. I thought that they were like guitar string wire, and wasn't being facetious at all. LOL!

74 posted on 03/08/2003 10:03:00 AM PST by elfman2
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