theluckycountry wrote:Baltimore Bridge Collapse: New Underwater 3D Images Show "Sheer Magnitude" Of Salvage Operation Ahead
Yeah we get it. You're not just going to try and drag the mess out of the channel and post buoys over it like you do with every other underwater obstruction. You want to drag the 'mission' out, Justify your existence and get some practice with all your cool underwater tech. If the private sector was in control of this...
They should have given the job to these crews
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/west ... e-strengthCaptain John Konrad, CEO of gCaptain, a website specializing in tracking the shipping industry, blames the "West Point Mafia" and decades of land wars in the Middle East for a hollowed-out US Navy that was entirely "unprepared" for the salvage operation of the collapsed 1.6-mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.
Konrad explained, "Truth is bridges are an Army Corps of Engineers responsibility but they are so unprepared they gave the job to Navy Salvage to lead. Navy salvage is so broken they had to outsource it to the US subsidiary/partner of a European firm which is chartering equipment from private companies at great expense."
"And it's the Army's own fault. The West Point Mafia has systematically destroyed our nation's maritime strength," he said, adding that China would've had the Baltimore shipping channel "fully cleared in weeks," not months (read more about the reopening timeline here).
And it's the Army's own fault. The West Point Mafia has systematically destroyed our nation's maritime strength. When I was 10 Vinzzini taught me the first lesson of war "You've fell victim to one of the classic blunders! Never get involved in a land war in Asia" Yet in my adult life the United States fought not one but two wars in Asia.
How did we pay for those? By gutting our maritime capabilities. With Chinese military capability growing exponentially, how do you win a war in Asia? The same way we did in WW2: with ships & marines with the Army and Air Force serving a support role. Except there is a problem, the current and last Secretaries of Defense are West Pointers. The SECDEF before that was a marine but he was forced out after a disagreement with the Secretary of State who was a West Pointer
Two decades of Land Wars in asia have decimated our Maritime capabilities as trillions was rerouted into Army coffers by the West Point mafia demon in DC ...
Newfie wrote:It is not that ships are all of a sudden loosing power, these fares happen. It is just they are being reported be abuse they cqth the publics eye. Really skews our understanding of the situation.
Newfie wrote:I tell this story because I think it reects something in the society vernacular. We are smitten with "new". We think new means "better".
I see this argument in CC discussions. People, rightly, claim we can build new much more efficient houses. Which is true, intelligent design, site planning, and money can create a zero energy house. ...
As a society, culture, we have embraced " Ditch it, don't stitch it." And that is a problem. A big problem as our economy slows.
theluckycountry wrote:...But they will drag it out for sure and cripple the economy up there. Nothing gets done in a hurry these days.
Officials at the Port of Baltimore opened a fourth, 35-foot deep, temporary channel through the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, allowing cargo ships trapped at the port to exit. "While this is a significant achievement, we have a long way to go, and Unified Command is committed to fully opening the channel by the end of May," US Coast Guard Cmdr. Baxter Smoak told reporters.
The Ron Paul Institute's Daniel McAdams has pointed out: "Reminder to American taxpayers: This floating pier cost you $350 million (and counting), while using existing roads for aid delivery remain the most practical solution."
"The question is...why?" he wrote.
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