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Originally Posted by kalos72

If the locks weren't hit with nukes, and the area was heavily reinforced on the ground, then it seems that air strikes were the only other true option.

I think Patriot batteries were the long range defenders, 2-3 batteries of Patriots along with standard Chaparrals and Dusters maybe?

V1 canon tells us (in Satellite Down) that

• The Panama Canal was not hit in the initial TDM period (USS Virginia passed through it in December 1997)
• The Panama Canal was still operational in March 1999 (USS Virginia was ordered to pass through it to get to the Atlantic).

Uncle Ted