BREAKING: Russia’s Crimean Bridge rocked by explosions, Ukraine’s SBU claims responsibility

a year ago by Petersson to c/world

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck the Crimean Bridge for the third time during the full-scale war, mining and damaging its underwater supports, the SBU announced on June 3.
IphtashuFitz 40 points a year ago

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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rustyfish 25 points a year ago

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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HK65 11 points a year ago

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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Itisreallyboring 27 points a year ago

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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AllNewTypeFace 14 points a year ago

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

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peoplebeproblems 2 points a year ago

For such a target youd think they would have some better monitoring in place at least.

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Serinus 19 points a year ago

Whose Crimean bridge?

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OrteilGenou 7 points a year ago

Run's Crimean Bridge

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einkorn 17 points a year ago

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

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aeronmelon 13 points a year ago

Probably not suitable for tanks or heavy supply convoys anymore.

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general_kitten 15 points a year ago

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

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GreyEyedGhost 6 points a year ago

Their navy does need to be enlarged...

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HK65 11 points a year ago

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

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peoplebeproblems 11 points a year ago

Torpedos explode below the target for a reason!

That displaced water has to go somewhere

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Bravo 9 points a year ago
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IphtashuFitz 4 points a year ago

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

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Airowird 2 points a year ago path: 0 17434973 17435558 17435755, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 2
IphtashuFitz 3 points a year ago path: 0 17434973 17435558 17435755 17436280, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
shalafi 2 points a year ago

How did I have no idea Harrison Ford was in that?!

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real_squids 3 points a year ago

1100 kg of explosives apparently, but yeah wish it was more spectacular

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Peter_Arbeitslos 7 points a year ago

If I had a nickel for every time...

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AllNewTypeFace 6 points a year ago

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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halloween_spookster 2 points a year ago

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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Benaaasaaas 4 points a year ago

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

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halloween_spookster 1 point a year ago

Oh interesting. I didn't realize it was that early

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halfsak 3 points a year ago path: 0 17446948 17449076, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Gammelfisch 1 point a year ago

I hope the fucking Muscovites used cheap porous rebar and brittle concrete.

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