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Seriously though, how was this not foreseen?
It was a rush job. I'm not surprised things were missed.
That said it's an extraordinary amount of money spent when the simpler solution would have been to tie continued Israeli funding with opening the Rafah crossing (and providing protection for the goods).
"Ocean waters can be rough" is a big fucking thing to miss when building a floating pier.
If it's DoD, most of the capabilities for quick pier building only need to last long enough to get gear and personnel on land.
Fun story: in WW2 a concrete mixing ship was converted to an ice cream machine.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_barge
This wasn't supposed to be that quick though, was it? I thought this was going to be the primary way aid was going to get into Gaza. It could potentially need to last a very long time.
Who can say? Could equally have been either a temporary solution, or just a really shoddy "permanent" solution by the lowest bidder.
I'm inclined to think temporary just for speed, potentially (ideally) with plans in place for something more long term.
An alternative purpose of a temporary structure could be also be to not piss off israel (for some reason, they care about that) by giving Palestinians access to a stable port.
In the original announcement, it was stated as temporary.
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3702062/pentagon-press-secretary-air-force-maj-gen-pat-ryder-holds-a-press-briefing/