The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk crossed to the Atlantic after a brief call at Punta Arenas

Monday, March 21st 2022 - 09:33 UTC

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The United States aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk is on its way to a scrapyard in Texas and too large to slip through the Panama Canal, the ship must sail around South America. Read full article

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FortHay
The US built its WWII battleships to fit the canal to within 6 inches. The Carter administration saw the future and realized that even the new Panamax dimensions will not accommodate future strategic maritime traffic. Aircraft carriers, supertankers and even super-container ships can not pass through the canal. While Chile has been a long time ally of the US, it was clearly this strategic situation that contributed to US support of the iron lady's re-conquest so as to maintain a reliable base from which to control the South Atlantic passage.
Mar 21st, 2022 - 10:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
The Argys hadn’t realised that, now you have told them no doubt it will be added to the list of whinges.
Mar 22nd, 2022 - 04:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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