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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUkraine may destroy the Kerch Strait bridge to Crimea.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3463363-ukraine-may-destroy-kerch-strait-bridge-once-opportunity-arises-nsdc-secretary.htmlSlava Ukraini!
Send $3 billion of Russian money to the bottom of the straits!
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Ukraine may destroy the Kerch Strait bridge to Crimea. (Original Post)
roamer65
Apr 2022
OP
Legend has it that in the 12th century the invading Vikings brought down London Bridge this way.
Irish_Dem
Apr 2022
#4
Well, sort of; early 11th century, and it was Norwegians helping the English king regain control
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2022
#6
COL Mustard
(5,905 posts)1. You don't have to destroy the whole bridge
Just hit the spans at critical points and make it unusable.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)3. Could the Russians quickly repair it, if only lightly damaged?
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)2. Seems like frogmen in small boats could do it
Place a bunch of kinetic penetrators around the columns, limpet mines, anti-tanks mines, etc, blow a couple of them and bring down a section.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)4. Legend has it that in the 12th century the invading Vikings brought down London Bridge this way.
I don't mean the modern weaponry, but the same idea.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)6. Well, sort of; early 11th century, and it was Norwegians helping the English king regain control
from the Danish king Cnut (which I suppose makes it more appropriate for the Ukrainian situation):
So Æthelred first sought to recapture London from Anglo-Scandinavian forces loyal to Cnut. The recapture of London apparently involved the ships of Óláfr Haraldsson another Norwegian adventurer.
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According to Snorri Sturluson (1178/91241), the Icelandic historian, Óláfr was one of Æthelreds army commanders, who volunteered to lead his ships in a daring attack on London Bridge. Snorri states that this attack was only undertaken to help Æthelred regain his throne, which places it after Sweins death and before Æthelreds own death in 1016. The attack on the bridge in 1014 involved sailing westwards upstream to the defended timber bridge, fixing ropes and grappling irons to it, then sailing downstream again and pulling down or badly damaging the superstructure of the bridge and compelling its defenders to surrender London to Æthelreds forces (Fig. 1). Next, Æthelreds forces defeated the Scandinavians and their allies in Lindsey, forcing Cnut into exile. According to Snorri, Óláfr then helped Æthelred recover Canterbury and other territories and he may have remained in England until 1016, after which he probably went raiding in western Europe.
https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-457-1/dissemination/pdf/vol10/vol10_12/10_12_328_333.pdf
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According to Snorri Sturluson (1178/91241), the Icelandic historian, Óláfr was one of Æthelreds army commanders, who volunteered to lead his ships in a daring attack on London Bridge. Snorri states that this attack was only undertaken to help Æthelred regain his throne, which places it after Sweins death and before Æthelreds own death in 1016. The attack on the bridge in 1014 involved sailing westwards upstream to the defended timber bridge, fixing ropes and grappling irons to it, then sailing downstream again and pulling down or badly damaging the superstructure of the bridge and compelling its defenders to surrender London to Æthelreds forces (Fig. 1). Next, Æthelreds forces defeated the Scandinavians and their allies in Lindsey, forcing Cnut into exile. According to Snorri, Óláfr then helped Æthelred recover Canterbury and other territories and he may have remained in England until 1016, after which he probably went raiding in western Europe.
https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-457-1/dissemination/pdf/vol10/vol10_12/10_12_328_333.pdf
fierywoman
(7,685 posts)5. Slava Ukraini!