There is also the Suez Canal - and while there is no attack on the Canal itself there were attacks that caused it to be blocked according to the East Africa Sourcebook that is now canon - similar attacks could have blocked the exits of the Panama Canal
"Cairo, Suez and Alexandria are left in ruins by multiple strikes against the major refineries in those cities. While the Suez Canal is not directly targeted in the attack, the nuclear strikes on the refineries at Suez effectively block the southern end of the Canal with the wrecks of several merchant ships and tankers. Over three million Egyptians die in the attacks and another two million are severely wounded."
The canal was blocked for nearly three years until the French cleared the wrecks enough in the late summer of 2000 to get it open again
and the Panama Canal is very important to the US - most likely there would still be US forces in Panama even in 2000
in fact that might be where the Virginia was headed when she had her last battle a la Satellite Down
Last edited by Olefin; 06-22-2017 at 01:29 PM.
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