Blocking the Suez, Twilight style

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by lordroel

You think the Soviets launched a Spetsnaz raid ore nuked it.

I seem to recall from that module someone did on the internet about Central America (Damn, I thought I downloaded that one -- if anyone has it, let me know), that the Panama Canal is non functional in the T2K2/2.2 timeline due to extensive sabotage and ships stuck in the locks after the sabotage.

[bash]

With respect to the French clearing the blockage of the canal by 2000, because it doesn't have locks or anything the French could have just used a nuclear demolition charge and literally cleared the southern blockage. Such a thing doesn't need to be perfect to work well enough to let tankers transit the canal. Transiting ships just get a NAVTEX warning to button up in the area and some basic decontamination procedures.

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by bash

With respect to the French clearing the blockage of the canal by 2000, because it doesn't have locks or anything the French could have just used a nuclear demolition charge and literally cleared the southern blockage. Such a thing doesn't need to be perfect to work well enough to let tankers transit the canal. Transiting ships just get a NAVTEX warning to button up in the area and some basic decontamination procedures.

I would agree with that - it was a brute force, get the wrecks the heck out of the way and clear a path for our ships kind of clearing - i.e. we have troops we need to support and oil we need to get home and we aint traveling all the way around Africa to do it kind of effort

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I seem to recall from that module someone did on the internet about Central America (Damn, I thought I downloaded that one -- if anyone has it, let me know), that the Panama Canal is non functional in the T2K2/2.2 timeline due to extensive sabotage and ships stuck in the locks after the sabotage.

I have what you are talking about and the Canal is fully functional in what he wrote with US troops still there and facing off against Colombians and other forces trying to screw up the Canal

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Olefin

I have what you are talking about and the Canal is fully functional in what he wrote with US troops still there and facing off against Colombians and other forces trying to screw up the Canal

How big is the file? Can you email it to me? Note though -- My ISP will only accept a 10MB attachment.

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

How big is the file? Can you email it to me? Note though -- My ISP will only accept a 10MB attachment.

It’s been posted here before - let me find it