Spyke
lemmy.world

I would love to see Ukraine trolling Russia with this.

Detonate an underwater charge that weakens one of the bridge supports. Wait while the Russians react, examine the bridge, etc.

A dozen or so hours later detonate another hidden underwater charge on another support a few hundred yards away.

Repeat the process after random delays until so many supports are weakened that the bridge collapses under its own weight.

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rustyfishreply
lemmy.world

I would 100% bank on the Russians being mind bogglingly sloppy and do exactly that. If you break the bridge completely the Russian forces could switch to the more costly air transport. But the uncertainty with the bridge might fool them long enough to become a timeless meme itself.

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I think the Russians have enough depth near Melitopol that the bridge itself, despite being important is not the absolutely critical supply line it once was.

It is a symbol of Russia's efforts of integrating occupied Crimea though, that makes it a more important target.

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lemmy.world

It might not be a spectacular explosion, but the fact thae sbu was able to put over 1000kg of explosives there is no small feat.

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Wasn’t that 1100kg of TNT, or a smaller quantity of more powerful explosives with an equivalent power?

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feddit.org

Looks somewhat underwhelming but on the other hand I am no demolition expert or structural engineer.

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AeronMelonreply
lemmy.world

Probably not suitable for tanks or heavy supply convoys anymore.

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sopuli.xyz

would like to see them try anyway and make dozen or so tanks become submarines

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sopuli.xyz

Underwater shockwaves are no joke. The bridge is still standing though, wonder how long.

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lemmy.world

Kind of makes me hope for a delayed reaction like the dam explosion in the movie Force 10 From Navarone.

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I was just wondering about the bridge. We hadn’t heard much about it in the news, and it seemed like about time for its turn in the spotlight.

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I'm a little confused. The article says it was detonated at 4:44am. The video seems like it's fairly bright out. Is that just a good low light camera? Or is this a timezones thing maybe?

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group.lt

It's just a summer thing, sunrise is at about 4:30 and sunset at 21:30

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