Woke up to news of the bridge collapse tragedy in Baltimore...
It seems strange to me that the container ship which caused the collapse, suffered multiple power losses just before *steering directly* into and striking a primary support column of the bridge.
It's still too early to make a call on this until the full investigation is completed, but to me this feels like a cyber-attack that's gone "kinetic" - i.e. a cyber-physical attack. How secure are Maersk's navigation and control systems? It's not the first time ships like this have been attacked this way, is it?
Are the gloves coming off now in our 5th generation war vs. our geopolitical adversaries? Perhaps an unwritten line was crossed, recently, somewhere?
Too early to say, but that's what it feels like to me. People have died, and the 9th busiest port in the U.S. is now shut down for the foreseeable future.
[Edited to Add: As I learn more about the situation from people more familiar than I am with how ships work, it is becoming more clear that this may in fact be just a case of poor maintenance. That said, I will continue to withhold judgement until all the facts come to light, despite the fact that I've been attacked down to the ad-hominem level on this platform for daring to post a heavily-disclaimed opinion.]
