A ship ramming a bridge closed an American port. If enemies notice the bottlenecks in our power projection capabilities are vulnerable at the very beginning of the long lines of supply to overseas battlefields, we'll have serious problems.
Imagine the harm from an enemy campaign against our ports if this causes problems?
Two Coast Guard cutters are stuck in the service’s Curtis Bay shipyard, with five others unable to get in for scheduled maintenance due to the Key Bridge collapse.
Much more is prevented from leaving or entering, eh?
Face it, CONUS is no longer a sanctuary:
American production, transportation (railroads, ports, and airfields in particular), and logistics assets in the lower 48 states (CONUS, or the Continental United States) are no longer part of a sanctuary that can project power overseas unhindered by enemy action. Cruise missiles need to be stopped before they confine our military power to North America.
Which makes power projection rather difficult.
You don't need to attack our logistics ships at sea if they can't even set sail.
UPDATE: The radar can distinguish between ICBM warheads and decoys:
The Missile Defense Agency’s long-awaited Long-Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) will soon begin its transition to full operational status with the US Space Force — a year-long process expected to wrap up in the early 2025, according to an MDA spokesperson.
NOTE: TDR Winter War of 2022 coverage continues here.
NOTE: I'm adding updates on the Last Hamas War in this post.
