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minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·12 hours agoHow deep is the Strait? If both Iran and US keep sinking ships, how long until it becomes in-navigeable?
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·12 hours agoThe question is, how many of the large ships like tankers and container ships are there? Not something you replace next week.
minus-squaremeat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 hours agoRoughly 10,000 tankers worldwide, with about 1,000 active at any one time.
minus-squareSleeplessCityLights@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoThey will refloat a ship and tow it to be salvaged. Even a cruise ship will fuck the environment if it breaks up underwater.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 hours agoYeah, looks like the shipping lanes are around 300ft deep and 2mi wide.
How deep is the Strait? If both Iran and US keep sinking ships, how long until it becomes in-navigeable?
The question is, how many of the large ships like tankers and container ships are there? Not something you replace next week.
Roughly 10,000 tankers worldwide, with about 1,000 active at any one time.
They will refloat a ship and tow it to be salvaged. Even a cruise ship will fuck the environment if it breaks up underwater.
No
Yeah, looks like the shipping lanes are around 300ft deep and 2mi wide.