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EndlessWire

(6,569 posts)
Sat Oct 1, 2022, 12:21 PM Oct 2022

I have a lot to learn about waging war.

See, in the beginning I would have bombed that Crimean bridge back to Russia into oblivion. Now, I see where Ukraine needs that bridge so the Russians can use it to get the hell out of Crimea! It would be much better to see them evacuate, especially the silly tourists. Summer is over, go home!

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I have a lot to learn about waging war. (Original Post) EndlessWire Oct 2022 OP
Not only that, it's hard to down a maintained concrete and steel bridge. haele Oct 2022 #1
ty empedocles Oct 2022 #2

haele

(12,679 posts)
1. Not only that, it's hard to down a maintained concrete and steel bridge.
Sat Oct 1, 2022, 12:37 PM
Oct 2022

It's not like that wooden bridge in "The Good, the Bad,. And the Ugly".
One or two missiles would not take out the bridge; it would take a couple hours of sustained barrage that can be more strategically used elsewhere.
The only real way to take it out so it can't be quickly repaired is to get rid of the base of the footings under the water, which takes fare more explosives than can easily be hauled there and set.

Haele

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