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Originally Posted by Adm.Lee
Did the Canal get nuked? If not, that's a huge national asset. If there is power to run the locks, IIRC the original equipment was still operating not long ago.
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There are four ways of looking at that:
1) The Canal is nuked to stop us from using it.
2) The Canal is attacked (probably by Cuban and/or Nicaraguan forces, backed by some Russian troops, in the T2K timeline) in an attempt to seize it for use by their forces.
3) The Russians don't feel the need to waste a nuke on it -- it's of limited use to naval vessels these days due to its relatively small size and slow method of operation.
4) The Russians/Cubans/Nicaraguans/Fomented Insurgents continually stage harassing attacks on the Canal Zone to tie up as many US forces as possible.
It may be possible that Mexican troops may be thrown into the mix in a T2K timeline as well.
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