Watch: Bridge from Russia to Crimea in
Flames Morning After Putin’s 70th Birthday
Breitbart Europe,
by
Jack Montgomery
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
10/8/2022 10:49:15 AM
The rail and road bridge from mainland Russia to the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, has been pictured in flames the morning after President Vladimir Putin’s 70th birthday.
The Crimean Bridge, also known as the Kerch or Kerch Strait Bridge, which stretches over more than eleven miles and cost hundreds of billion of rubles, has long been considered a signature piece of infrastructure, as the only physical link between Crime and the Russia Federation prior to the general invasion of Ukraine in February of this year.
It has also long been considered a prime target for the Ukrainians,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
bighambone 10/8/2022 11:13:56 AM (No. 1298788)
It looks like only one or two bridge spans were knocked out by that attack, and if the Russians have any combat engineers who know how to erect temporary bridge spans, that bridge should be back up and running before long.
If I were the head of NATO I would order that the new natural gas pipeline that runs under the Baltic Sea from Scandinavia to Germany be heavily guarded 24/7 as if the Russians understand the old principle that “turnabout is fair play” that pipeline could be a major target for destruction by Russia.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chillijilli 10/8/2022 12:19:37 PM (No. 1298848)
Gee. I thought a couple weeks ago Putin was on his alleged cancer deathbed and we were inundated with images of alleged additional neurological problems as well. Recent photos seem to indicate that he has recovered remarkably. And now, if you believe our intel, he's threatening to launch us all straight into Armageddon?
Of course it's also possible that Biden is responsible for cranking up the anti-Putin rhetoric so it appears we're on the brink of world collapse. Guess who will save the day? Why, no one other than Old Tough Guy Joe who will call an emergency presser to announce that he told Putin to put his nukes away and go home. The media will go crazy elevating Joe to deity status and we'll be saturated with "Joe Saves the World" headers, which of course will appear right before the midterms.
Think I'm kidding?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Birddog 10/8/2022 2:12:08 PM (No. 1298914)
it appears the traincars on the upper bridge were/are secondary explosion/damage...and the video brings to mind(fondly) Swartzkoff's "And here we see the luckiest man in Iraq" video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AjCAuYkrgA
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Ashley Brenton 10/8/2022 3:58:31 PM (No. 1298984)
Great birthday surprise for Vladimir Putin of House Harkonnen.
I was thinking that bridge is prime for WW2-style Italian demolition frogman operations.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
chance_232 10/8/2022 5:33:10 PM (No. 1299044)
They hit it once..... I'll wager it will get hit again.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Faithfully 10/8/2022 6:39:52 PM (No. 1299091)
This could be the end.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Faithfully 10/8/2022 6:41:08 PM (No. 1299092)
#2 Truth is the first casualty of war.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
pensom2 10/8/2022 7:02:25 PM (No. 1299121)
Everyone should see this video. That's a huge, modern, expensive bridge. It ain't no little country bridge or military pontoon bridge. You know how tough it is to move heavy tank-carrying lowboy trailers over weak bridges? If I were one of the Russian troops stationed anywhere near Crimea, I'd start to worry that there's no way to retreat if things get dicey. The best options are surrender or go AWOL, run into the forests, and hope for the best.
This will drive the Ruski generals and billionaire oligarchs nuts. Putin is looking weak and incompetent. His "special military operation" (not a declared "war") is looking like a fiasco. " Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." (Proverbs 16:18)
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 10/8/2022 7:13:12 PM (No. 1299136)
All together now, "Happy Birthday to YOU, Happy Birthday to .........."
What, nobody's singing along?
Russian supply lines are long and fragile.
Amateur tacticians study tactics.
Professional soldiers study logistics, and how to interrupt the enemy's logistic supply lines.
Like blowing the two bridges which feed supplies to the wide bridgehead the Russians are holding on the west side of the Dnieper at Kherson. Both bridges heavily damaged now.
And now far to the east, feeding to Crimea from Russia proper, damaged. Gee, did somebody study logistics?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 10/8/2022 11:26:55 PM (No. 1299332)
Internet military simulation sites have run several "missions" to destroy this and attack shipping in Sevastapol harbor.
I'm thinking that a long range cruise missile, probably air launched after a long, low penetration over the Black Sea out of Ukraine by a MiG could probably do this. Ukraine was THE sources for all Soviet ICBMs and many other missiles back in the day. I have worked with many of those scientists and employed them on other, peaceful projects. VERY capable engineers. If they had an old cruise missile airframe, it is not even slightly beyond their capability to retrofit a newer guidance and targeting package as a prototype on an extreme high value target like this.
I have been expecting an attack on this for months. It is an OBVIOUS military logistical critical weak point.
I'm sure that Ukraine has been wanting this attack and planning it for MONTHS, and pouring whatever resources is can find into it. I seriously doubt that it was done by NATO. My bet is, like the Moskva sinking, a very, very limited number of high capability Ukrainian prototype/pre-production test article type fo missiles were available to give this a try. Desperation moves by smart folks can work. Probably cannot repeat easily, my guess. Perhaps a few missiles in inventory, perhaps only one or three, or something like that.
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