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Subject: Re: Alice-Darwin Line
From: Malcolm Purvis <malcolmpurvis@optushome.com.au>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 08:44:25 GMT
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>>>>> "T" == T & J Jones <jonest@senet.com.au> writes:

T> Wouldn't the same theory [a smart bomb could knock out a bridge] be
T> applicable for a road bridge or other critical point!

True, but as a general rule if a road bridge is knocked out it could be
replaced with something that a truck could cross (however slowly) a lot faster
than a rail bridge could.  You can't really have a train crawl down one river
bank, cross a pontoon and go up the other side!

Malcolm

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