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[95coug]

I did a quick search and on average, only 38 US warships transit the canal in any given year. Our Carrier strike groups can't use the canal so that means that all of the support ships follow the carriers around South America. There is very little exposure in the first place. What evidence do you have that there are "hundreds of missiles" and "thousands of artillery rounds" in the area that could be fired at our ships?

I guarantee that we never send our warships into the port area if there are Chinese warships sharing the same space. You guys keep on dreaming up scenarios where the scary Chinese company is going to suddenly go rogue...but weirdly enough, we've survived 29 years of them running the ports without our ships being attacked. An attack could certainly happen, but if China decides that it's time to throw down, all of this talk won't matter. It's fundamentally stupid to think that we wouldn't be aware in advance if they were moving military equipment into Panama.

This whole thing is just a bunch of propaganda bullsh!t that you are chowing down on.

All of the hand-wringing about closing or blocking the canal is a bit ridiculous. If someone wanted to disable it, they just need to seriously damage or sink one ship in one lock. Pretty sure Tom Clancy already wrote that book.

 

[dgibbons]

I did a quick search and on average, only 38 US warships transit the canal in any given year. Our Carrier strike groups can't use the canal so that means that all of the support ships follow the carriers around South America. There is very little exposure in the first place. What evidence do you have that there are "hundreds of missiles" and "thousands of artillery rounds" in the area that could be fired at our ships?

I guarantee that we never send our warships into the port area if there are Chinese warships sharing the same space. You guys keep on dreaming up scenarios where the scary Chinese company is going to suddenly go rogue...but weirdly enough, we've survived 29 years of them running the ports without our ships being attacked. An attack could certainly happen, but if China decides that it's time to throw down, all of this talk won't matter. It's fundamentally stupid to think that we wouldn't be aware in advance if they were moving military equipment into Panama.

This whole thing is just a bunch of propaganda bullsh!t that you are chowing down on.

Look in the mirror dude.

If we're surging ships, troops, and supplies to the Pacific, where will it be coming from, where will it be going and what is the fastest way of getting it there? About two thirds of the US sealift capacity is along the Atlantic or Gulf. Not every ship is part of a carrier strike group. And it's only the carriers that can't make it through. Marine Expeditionary Units are fairly self-contained and would be traveling with every bullet, missile and artillery round they would need for a fight. So, yes, hundreds of missiles and thousands of artillery rounds would be going through the Canal. Submarines and destroyers stationed on the east coast would be going west. Days could make a difference if there is a shooting war with China. Taiwan's strategy is to hold on for as long as it can waiting for the US Navy and Marines to arrive. If the Canal is not 100 percent secure thousands and troops and billions of ships and equipment will have to go around, they would be far to vulnerable in the Canal.

You apparently don't know that China took control of Hong Kong in 2020. So your math is nonsense. Chinese companies don't go rogue. They follow the CCP's directions or the management disappears.

 

[dgibbons]

All of the hand-wringing about closing or blocking the canal is a bit ridiculous. If someone wanted to disable it, they just need to seriously damage or sink one ship in one lock. Pretty sure Tom Clancy already wrote that book.

No reason for a Chinese company to be anywhere near it then, right?