The one flaw is that is if all the polar ice caps were melted permanently, I'm not sure there would be as much demand for a short cut as traffic would just be sent through the north passage.
I have heard some people say that all would be needed to do to take out panama canal would be to target missile and take out lake Gatun, which is source of canals water.
My question is why the heck can't they just use sea water? Well the answer is because the lake water is gravity fed to fill canal, and sea water would have to be pumped in.
But why couldn't you just dig the canal at the same level all the way through so no locks would be needed, and have a toll booth at each end where the ship would just have a bar code on the side where the reader would read its transit, the gate would open up like on Blazing Saddles, and a bill would be sent. Or if the shipping company bought a yearly passage membership, the would just buzz on through. Pleasure craft captains would just chunk a shit load of coins into the basket? (ha ha) Today they'd probably have to have a swim lane, or paddle lane, like a bike lane that's along the roadway for the environmental wackos that wanted to swim, or row through.
"I have heard some people say that all would be needed to do to take out panama canal would be to target missile and take out lake Gatun, which is source of canals water."
During training done in 70s and 80s it was determined the canals were impossible to defend. We had 2 teams one defense and one insurgents. Conditions for victory were simple. Team 1 kill all of team 2. Team 2 get a RPG within attack range of any lock. Team 2 lost once in 15 years that I know of.
That is a "Hell of an Idea". HA!
The one flaw is that is if all the polar ice caps were melted permanently, I'm not sure there would be as much demand for a short cut as traffic would just be sent through the north passage.
I have heard some people say that all would be needed to do to take out panama canal would be to target missile and take out lake Gatun, which is source of canals water.
My question is why the heck can't they just use sea water? Well the answer is because the lake water is gravity fed to fill canal, and sea water would have to be pumped in.
But why couldn't you just dig the canal at the same level all the way through so no locks would be needed, and have a toll booth at each end where the ship would just have a bar code on the side where the reader would read its transit, the gate would open up like on Blazing Saddles, and a bill would be sent. Or if the shipping company bought a yearly passage membership, the would just buzz on through. Pleasure craft captains would just chunk a shit load of coins into the basket? (ha ha) Today they'd probably have to have a swim lane, or paddle lane, like a bike lane that's along the roadway for the environmental wackos that wanted to swim, or row through.
"I have heard some people say that all would be needed to do to take out panama canal would be to target missile and take out lake Gatun, which is source of canals water."
During training done in 70s and 80s it was determined the canals were impossible to defend. We had 2 teams one defense and one insurgents. Conditions for victory were simple. Team 1 kill all of team 2. Team 2 get a RPG within attack range of any lock. Team 2 lost once in 15 years that I know of.
Actually scuttling a couple big ships in the canal would defeat canal, right?
Damage to the locks that stopped them from closing may require draining the whole thing to repair is what I was told.