A photo of sailors "welding rope" during a voyage on the USS Abraham Lincoln has raised questions.

Today, U.S. Central Command released a photo from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The photo and its caption, provided by CENTCOM, have raised questions among experts.

The same signature from the American command:

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) weld a fender tether beneath the carrier's flight deck. Fender tethers can stop a fast-moving aircraft in seconds. The carrier strike group led by the Abraham Lincoln is currently operating in the Arabian Sea.

The phrase "welding the cable" has revived the possibility that the aircraft carrier may have sustained some damage during one of Iran's previous attacks. The IRGC, it should be noted, claimed that the Abraham Lincoln was hit, forcing the carrier to move away from Iranian territorial waters.

One of the American sailors who served aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, commenting on a CENTCOM report, stated that the use of welding for the cable itself was "surprising." He noted that major repairs during his service were conducted at naval bases, not during long-range deployments. This is because prompt repairs of such equipment "in the field" are associated with the risk of being unable to inspect its quality using specialized equipment. It is noted that pilots in such cases run a serious risk if the cable, welded by sailors from the maintenance crew, is actually used during a combat mission without undergoing a "bench test."

This has given rise to speculation that the aircraft carrier may not actually be in the open sea, but rather in a port far from Iran, undergoing proper repairs to its equipment.

It has also been suggested that the sailors are welding not the cable itself, but its pressed end ring, which can burst under significant loads in the conditions of intensive deck flights. aviationSuch work can also be carried out directly during a cruise. Another expert on aircraft carrier design chimes in, arguing that the sailors are in a location where the aforementioned ring cannot be located.

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[alexputnik17]

The fog of war again, but not a laundry or a latrine. Damn it, Kulibins...

[ZovSailor]

alexputnik17
Today, 18: 34
The fog of war again, but not a laundry or a latrine. Damn it, Kulibins.

In short, they screwed up completely, starting from the AVIKs with latrines, fecal matter, and laundries, ending with CENTCOM and bidets, pointing fingers at each other and firing disloyal Pentagon generals en masse.
Hegseth, as Minister of War, will himself be fired for having "inclined the leadership," including the red-haired Satan, to an easy, victorious war that turned into defeat and a cold shower.

[Arkady007]

After welding, can these cables withstand the calculated load?

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: Arkady007

After welding, can these cables withstand the calculated load?

Welding a cable? That's something new. Something out of science fiction.
Most likely, a pure humanities scholar came up with this magic.

[Cap.nemo58rus]

You're right. Welding a cable is utter stupidity. Only someone who's only seen cables on TV could write something like that.

[Lako]

Well, yes, I saw steel cables in the navy. But as far as I remember, they were spliced. I've never seen cables joined by welding.

[Polite Moose]

Quote: Krasnoyarsk

Welding a cable? That's something new. Something out of science fiction.

Yes, I beg you...

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: Polite Elk

Yes, I beg you...

https://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2026-04/d07bdf3305_varka-trosa.webp
Thanks for the picture, I laughed heartily.

[Uncle lee]

Quote: Polite Elk

Welding a rope? That's something new.

The main thing here is not to oversalt and not to overcook, otherwise it will be soft...

[Popandos]

Keep

welding a cable

the delirium of crazy "journalists"

[svarog77]

It might not be supposed to be like that, but we even welded it on a 60-ton crane and it worked...

[svarog77]

No matter how many downvotes they gave, it still worked...

[the most important]

Welding a cable? That's something new. Something out of science fiction.
Most likely, a pure humanities scholar came up with this magic.
You're right! As an engineer, I'd advise the aircraft carrier crew to glue the cable together with superglue from their noses! Considering Iran gave these brave guys a good beating, they have plenty of superglue.

[Hitriy Zhuk]

Quote: Krasnoyarsk

Welding a cable? That's something new. Something out of science fiction.

Developing the technology isn't impossible. But the cost, complexity, and quality control are another matter.
It turns out that it’s easier (and safer) to carry a spare one at all points.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Arkady007

After welding, can these cables withstand the calculated load?

They none They won't withstand the load. Cables aren't welded. At most, they weld the ends to prevent them from unraveling. And even then, that's amateur work.
Cable clamps are used to connect the cables. If the cable is thin, you can try tying it with a tricky knot. But I wouldn't risk it...
To know this, you don't need to serve on an American aircraft carrier - it's enough to work in construction for almost 40 years.

And one more thing. A broken cable is difficult to connect even with a clamp. Typically, a cable that breaks due to overload unravels over a considerable length. In that case, the only solution is to replace it.

[Polite Moose]

Quote: Zoldat_A

Cables are not welded.

Hi, hi.
Tell me again that anchors are not sharpened.

[Zoldat_A]

Alexander, !

Quote: Polite Elk

Tell me again that anchors are not sharpened.

There was some children's film in Soviet times where an anchor was sharpened with a file.
At a construction site, they send you for a bucket of oxygen or ask you to bring five meters of electrodes.

[Victor_B]

At the factories they send for Soviet oil!
In garages - for compression with a bucket.
At the same time, the victim is sent to the other end of the workshop and the entire workshop goes wild.
Well, they send young people to the tool room for menstruation.

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Victor_B

Young people are sent to the tool room for menstruation

To the tool room—that's humane. But when they sent me to the saleswoman at the chipok (meaning the tea shop)... that was harsh.

[Victor_B]

Quote from: nik-mazur

Quote: Victor_B

Young people are sent to the tool room for menstruation

To the tool room—that's humane. But when they sent me to the saleswoman at the chipok (meaning the tea shop)... that was harsh.

So we sent the young one away, and the toolmaker (a huge woman!) was just washing the floor, and she hit him in the face with a dirty rag!

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Victor_B

toolmaker (a huge woman!)

In fact, women often worked in instrument rooms.

[Senior seaman]

Quote: Victor_B

So we sent the young one away.

A friend of mine served on a ship (unlike me, a great sinner) and sent a young man to the boatswain to do this. He, of course, is an experienced man, and he asks kindly, "Who sent you?" Maybe he's not supposed to, according to his length of service.
Karas, naturally, responded. The boatswain to the culprit, but also without a fight for now.
“Why did you send him to me,” he says, “and not, say, to the first mate?”
- So the first mate has a Candidate for Master of Sports in boxing!

[stankow]

In artillery they sent for derivation

[Eugene 62]

At a construction site, they send you for a bucket of oxygen or ask you to bring five meters of electrodes.

At the vacuum tube plant in Novosibirsk, where my mother worked immediately after the war, they sent young people into the workshop to bring a bucket of thermionic emission.

[Sokolov_Vladimir]

We had a whole midshipman, Dodon, a Moldovan, running around looking for the keys to the quarterdeck, his eyes wide open. While checking the duty officer's watch, his assistant sent him to get the keys. The BC-7 commander, also on duty officer's watch, mouthed the bugler's part, "Tu-tu-tu," and announced the crew's formation.

[Eugene 62]

To know this, you don't need to serve on an American aircraft carrier - it's enough to work in construction for almost 40 years.

Every year we took our industrial safety exam. Beforehand, we studied various topics. There was even a long question about cables. Apparently, it covered signs of faulty cable slings. I still remember it. It's a very serious matter. The safety rules are written in blood.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Eugen 62

Safety rules are written in blood.

"The six-fingered turner Fedotych had four remarkable stories about safety..."

[nepunamemuk]

Usually fingers get lost on a guillotine or a milling machine🤕

[nik-mazur]

Quote from: nepunamemuk

Usually fingers are lost on the guillotine and on the milling machine

For carpenters, losing a finger is practically an occupational disease.

[madrobot]

Circular saws are like that - even an experienced carpenter can cut off his fingers if he starts thinking about an abstract topic at the wrong time.

[nik-mazur]

Quote: madrobot

Circular saws are like this

Circular saws are worse than guillotines, which require two buttons to operate, thus protecting both hands. So, you have to work hard to get your fingers under the blade.
For milling machine operators, as for all metalworkers, safety is determined primarily by the reliability of the fastening.
Woodworking machines have always intimidated me. Although I love wood, ever since I cut my hand on a chisel when I was young, I've never been drawn to working with it.

[nepunamemuk]

One of my friends had a teacher at school who lost his thumb on a circular saw.
At the factory, the milling machine operator lost half his thumb.
and a former cutter with four fingers on 16 mm scissors🤕
Then he was given a third-degree disability 🧐 through connections

[Polite Moose]

Quote: Zoldat_A

To know this, you don't need to serve on an American aircraft carrier - it's enough to work in construction for almost 40 years.

If any of our foremen with 40 years of experience were to explain to a boatswain on an American aircraft carrier the safety rules for working with ropes, I'm sure the boatswain would try his best to remember or take notes on the particularly juicy "professionalisms," blushing like a schoolgirl.
40 years on a construction site is no easy task.

[Vikxnumx]

Cable clamps are used to connect the cables. If the cable is thin, you can try tying it with a tricky knot. But I wouldn't risk it...
To know this, you don't need to serve on an American aircraft carrier - it's enough to work in construction for almost 40 years.

So this is all for the humanities!
To braid the ends of a cable (or a sling made from a cable), you need a crowbar and steady hands. Just don't use this with an arresting gear cable!
There are absolutely no joints allowed there! They won't fit through the drums...

[ZovSailor]

Arkady007
Today, 18: 58
After welding, can these cables withstand the calculated load?

This requires full-scale testing under ideal sea conditions, which rarely occurs in practice or in closed port waters.
But this will only give an approximate calculation, and rough seas and a slight bank of about 3 degrees can prove fatal when landing aircraft.
An analogy can be drawn with bench tests of aircraft in a wind tunnel and a hydrodynamic tunnel for expert opinion.
Earlier in the 12-day war, there were already planes lost overboard due to evading Houthi attacks by changing course and turning, which resulted in losses, but the media did not bother to explain the true reasons.

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: ZovSailor

This requires full-scale tests under ideal sea conditions.

Any sane person wouldn't even test a cable welded with electric welding, but would simply twirl their finger at their temple, looking at the person who brought such a cable.

[abrakadabre]

Quote: Krasnoyarsk

Quote: ZovSailor

This requires full-scale tests under ideal sea conditions.

Any sane person wouldn't even test a cable welded with electric welding, but would simply twirl their finger at their temple, looking at the person who brought such a cable.

These are different times. And, accordingly, a different level of sanity. But I would be happy for the crew of the American ship. They're on the right track. After all, they're an existential enemy...

[stankow]

Wasn't it Kuznetsov who lost two planes precisely because of a broken cable?

[ZovSailor]

stankow
Today, 13: 19
Wasn't it Kuznetsov who lost two planes precisely because of a broken cable?

Neither the Navy nor the Ministry of Defense will tell us the true reasons for the emergency, and journalists, as always, may lie about it.
Based on the facts about cables (I am not a metallurgy technologist or testing expert), I can say for my part that any weapon or auxiliary means for solving combat missions should only be used by certified ones.
That is, if a PC breaks down, the entire board must be replaced at home.
When conducting road safety, metal cables must be replaced entirely with certified ones, without any welding, which makes professionals laugh, except for meticulous journalists.
Even if we take into account that during the multi-month expedition on the AVIK there were no spare cables left, the delivery time for new certified ones could take from several hours to several days.

[Vauxhall]

Quote: Arkady007

After welding, can these cables withstand the calculated load?

Weld the cable!!!???
Is this a joke of humor?
There, the tensile strength calculation is carried out in a single piece...
Tell our professor at RTU about this kind of know-how...
I'm even afraid to imagine his reaction.

[tralflot1832]

Trawler cables (wires) aren't welded; they're thrown away and new ones are installed. Winch drums can have 1500-2000 meters (double that). Wires (wires) are used to make the most effective passive protection for "hedgehog" equipment. These wires hold up a trawl, sometimes costing $500,000, fully equipped with all the electronics—a hydroacoustic system, signal emitters, and receivers. I'm no expert; Uncl Lee from Sakhalin is a master at this.

[Nexcom]

...plumbing cables are welded?? However. There are such tight blockages there that the cables are breaking...

[torbas41]

The bourgeoisie always has a fog of war, but for us everything is clear: they sank the cruiser Moskva (former Slava, renaming warships is a bad omen), and everything is clear, but it is still not clear who did it.

[Mikhail Ivanov]

One thing is clear: mattress troughs are no longer relevant!
This also applies to our "strategists", we need to think more broadly...

[vitaliy20091959]

This is the first time I've heard of steel ends and elements of steel rigging being welded using electric welding.

[Sergey3]

They can be welded into a ball to prevent fraying at the end. A broken cable shouldn't be joined by electric welding—that's amateurish. It will be very fragile, especially if you bend it with great force; it will simply snap.

[AlexSam]

The Americans... Let them cook.

[The Little Humpbacked Horse]

Quote: vitaliy20091959

This is the first time I've heard of steel ends and elements of steel rigging being welded using electric welding.

This is probably an incorrect description. Typically, a nut is welded to the end of the cable to attach a synthetic end to it, and after passing it through the mechanisms, the iron end is pulled out of the reel, replacing the damaged cable with a new one. At least that's how it works with cranes on dry cargo ships.

[Mikhail Ivanov]

I recommend listening to Trump, you'll hear even more there)))

[Sergey3]

Somehow I have a hard time imagining how to weld a cable; it will break during welding at the most crucial moment.

[vitaliy20091959]

and if it's semi-hard and there's a plant strand inside, it will burn

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Sergey3

Somehow I have a hard time imagining how to weld a cable; it will break during welding at the most crucial moment.

You're simply not taking into account that you can wrap the cable with three more layers of tape over the weld, and for reliability, all five layers wouldn't be a bad idea.

[Pankrat25]

If you use blue electrical tape, it will be stronger than new.

[Michael]

One of the American sailors who served aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, commenting on the CENTCOM report, said that the use of welding for the cable itself was "surprising."

[solar]

There is no arc, it is gas welding.

[Michael]

Quote from solar

There is no arc, it is gas welding.

That's why Homer Simpson.
This is not just humor, it is satire.

[solar]

The author of the caption to the poster simply did not understand exactly what Homer was holding, otherwise the caption would have been different.

[Michael]

Quote from solar

The author of the caption to the poster simply did not understand exactly what Homer was holding, otherwise the caption would have been different.

The author of the caption understands perfectly well how an electric arc is ignited and how gas welding or oxyfuel cutting works. But you've never seen this process, and therefore—Homer Simpson.

[Roman_Vasilyevich]

The "sailor's" hairstyle is not in accordance with regulations.
Or that it ...

[hector]

Quote: Roman_Vasilevich

The "sailor's" hairstyle is not in accordance with regulations.
Or that it ...

Or it still remains.

[January]

Quote: Roman_Vasilevich

The "sailor's" hairstyle is not in accordance with regulations.
Or that it ...

Welder-sailor?

[Force]

This is pulling an owl onto a globe.
The editorial board of V.O. decided "Ukrainians cosplay" with victories out of the blue?

[solar]

The editorial board of VO is diligently creating a contingent of readers who are only interested in the fecal topic :((

[Junior Private]

What do cables have to do with this? Show photos and videos of latrines and laundry rooms. Seriously, the article isn't entirely clear what cables are being discussed. An arrestor hook cable wouldn't be welded to an aircraft carrier's specifications that way. This technology wouldn't work for elevators either. I'd appreciate some clarification.

[hector]

Quote: Junior Private

They wouldn't weld the arrestor hook cable for an aircraft carrier with such precision. This technology wouldn't work for elevators either. I'd appreciate some clarification.

What about a drain cleaning cable?

[Junior Private]

Don't tear off the covers so quickly.

[AlexSam]

Quote: ettore

What about a drain cleaning cable?

How did they manage to break the plumbing cable? The cable's diameter is impressive.

[hector]

Quote: AlexSam

How did they manage to break the plumbing cable? The cable's diameter is impressive.

They're building it up, the ship is big, the pipes are long, the poop is dense. ))

[cat Crush]

What's so hard to understand? The rope is in the laundry room. They dry underwear and socks on it. The load isn't great. You can go to sea for combat without any testing.

[Vlodek]

Today they're welding a cable. Tomorrow they'll start welding an aerial bomb. Their cook is such a mastermind, though! He'll cook up so many interesting things!

[TermNachTer]

If it's the arresting ring on the arresting gear's 6th or 7th cable, there's nothing particularly alarming. This is the most extreme case, where the snag goes beyond the 6th or 7th cable. A snag between 2nd and 4th is considered normal.

[Junior Private]

It is not clear from the article that the discussion is about the arresting gear.

[TermNachTer]

Judging by the photo, they're working below deck. It can't be a catapult, and there's no point in welding mooring lines. What else could it be?

[Alexey RA]

Quote: Junior Private

It is not clear from the article that the discussion is about the arresting gear.

The article states this directly:

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) weld a tether beneath the carrier's flight deck. Tethers can stop a fast-moving aircraft in seconds.

[Nikolai Basalai]

The cable can only be welded in Pakistan, nowhere else.

[TermNachTer]

They can steal there, and in record time)))

[alexputnik17]

Quote: vitaliy20091959

This is the first time I've heard of steel ends and elements of steel rigging being welded using electric welding.

That's normal. Hegemon. High tech. If it's from catapults or traps, the pilots should be given towels or something to wrap around their heads and renamed the pilots the American Divine Wind. The American version of samurai. And then tested in combat conditions. Why bother?

[Boa kaa]

This is clearly a PI cover-up operation to cover up the actual damage sustained by the Lincoln.
Although the AVMA has four arrester cables on the flight deck, they are subject to special reliability requirements for "accepting and holding aircraft" during braking. And these requirements are extremely stringent, as they involve expensive equipment and the lives of pilots.
And secondly, after "repair" (I have no idea how they're planning to do that?), the steel cable (or, more simply, "rope") must be tested with a dynamic load of +10% of the rated breaking load (!). This (can it be done in field conditions?) can only be done by a certified laboratory (organization) on a special test stand (equipment). Where we'll get it at the import port—that's the million-dollar question!
So, this is pure bullshit for the people! (Maybe, as usual, they'll swallow it...)
AHA.

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: Boa constrictor KAA

So, this is pure bullshit for the people!

That's unlikely. This is simply a logically impossible construction:
1) The Americans want to hide the damage
2) Americans publish a photo of the damage being repaired
3) To mislead everyone, the Americans make a caption according to which the photo does not show the repair of damage, but another repair - fixing a cable
4) The Americans are mistaken with the inscription, since the cable cannot be repaired under such conditions.
It's quite obvious that if you need to hide damage, the easiest way to do it is not to publish a photo of the repairs. I would understand if the photo had been published by someone unrelated, and that it had been leaked online by one of the crew (by the way, that's a very serious violation). But here it is, published by central command...

[Boa kaa]

Andrew,
It's all logical. But it seems to me that Heget is trying to show off the Ministry of War's "openness" and following logic: "You wanted to know why Avik left the combat zone?" "Here you go: we're repairing the arrester cable, and here's a photo to prove it." And they're cobbling together a photo that's technically absurd. As someone who's not much of an expert on the AVM, I can only say one thing: at the slightest defect in the arrester cable, it's replaced. Repairing cables (especially using makeshift methods and improvised means) is STRICTLY prohibited! Any IOT specialist involved in industrial safety will confirm this! Take it from a certified specialist, a former specialist at the Main Directorate of Special Construction...

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Alexander, good day!

Quote: Boa constrictor KAA

As I am not a great expert on AVM, I can only say one thing: at the slightest defect in the arresting gear rope, it is replaced.

You're absolutely right. Any aircraft carrier carries a ton of spare arresting gear cables, and the replacement procedure is very short—since it's possible that a cable will need to be replaced when the aircraft are airborne and running low on fuel.

Quote: Boa constrictor KAA

Repairing ropes (especially using makeshift methods and improvised means) is STRICTLY prohibited!

There is no doubt about that either.

Quote: Boa constrictor KAA

Trust a certified specialist

Such nonsense—repairing a cable by welding—would never have occurred to me, despite my liberal arts education. I'll note that not only welding, but even the manufacture of a reliable arresting gear cable remains an unsolved problem. They still break periodically, which is why multiple redundancies are introduced (several cables are involved in an aircraft hijack).

[Alexey RA]

Quote: Andrey from Chelyabinsk

Moreover, any aircraft carrier has a bunch of spare arresting gear cables, and the procedure for replacing them is very short - since it is possible that the cable needs to be replaced when the aircraft are in the air with low fuel.

The situation is possible... ek You politely described the events of November 13, 2016.

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: Alexey RA

ek You politely described the events of November 13, 2016.

Well, to be fair, this isn't just our problem. Cables break in the US too. It's just that the US doesn't usually send a ship straight from repairs to a combat zone without restoring combat readiness, so their crews are a little better at handling this situation...

[Alexey RA]

Yes, that's understandable. Plus, the Yankees have more historical experience and practice.
And the understanding that the soulless piece of iron in the air doesn't care about orders and requests: no fuel - no flight. And that aye-aye, Sir This doesn't mean the job will be completed within the stated timeframe—there's always some nasty trick. So, aircraft awaiting landing must be sent ashore even before their fuel supply becomes critical (anything is possible on shore, too). And most importantly, the commander and staff will be much more loved for sinking an aircraft alongside the aircraft than for sending it to a land airfield "for technical reasons."
All this comes with experience. And for us...

We do not have a formidable aircraft carrier, we have a springboard for flying achievements, from time to time giving the course and occasionally providing flights of naval aviation with even more rarely working radio equipment.

© Vice Admiral Radzevsky

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: Alexey RA

All this comes with experience. And for us...

And for us, alas, it's as usual...

[stankow]

In combat areas, the trials are very short. The full ones are upon returning home.

[drags33]

Isn't this the same rope they used to clean the sewers on the ship? )))))) Only it's suspiciously clean....

[Corvair]

In a word, they're doing something shady.

[asng]

It's unlikely that the American command's comment is accurate. At the time, it clearly demonstrated the level of technical literacy of the American command.
If the comment is true, the level of technical specialists on board clearly demonstrates the quality of the Western education system.
PS Cables are not welded.

[alexputnik17]

Quote: Junior Private

What do cables have to do with anything? Show photos and videos of toilets and laundry rooms.

So, these are videos of toilets with geysers online. There was an article with a video on VO. And the laundry, according to the Americans, there was a fire and another 600 beds burned down. Accidentally. According to the Americans.
It's true that there was an Iranian thing flying nearby from time to time...

[Ingvar7401]

Welding the arresting gear cable? Doesn't seem like the best idea. A new one would probably be better.

[nikvp]

How can you weld a cable? Thread to thread? Even Uncle Vasya from the housing office would find that impossible.

[Angestyr]

Why are you picking on those poor Americans? They're doing everything right. Just think about how to replace a cable quickly and without dismantling multi-ton assemblies?
This is a standard cable replacement procedure—I emphasize replacement. A new cable is welded to the end of the old one (damaged, but not torn or worn out), and then the new one is pulled through all the pulleys, machines, channels, and other odds and ends. This is done regularly. This is how cables are replaced in any mechanism (to a certain extent).

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: Angestyr

Think for yourself how to replace a cable quickly and without disassembling multi-ton assemblies?

This is a standard procedure that is carried out very quickly on all aircraft carriers.

[VLAD-96]

Well, nothing surprising, the Pindos are real bastards with experience, they've been to the moon, they've defeated Iran. Especially Red Donya, who's always talking nonsense, can't remember what he did in the morning for the cameras of international agencies!

[Vlodek]

Colonel Trumpin shouldn't be touched. They called him (whoever needed to) and said:
- Donya! For OUR Easter, we need a real Holy Fire. Do whatever you want, but don't make me blush!
On Monday, everything will start crumbling again, but Easter will proceed as usual.

[tralmaster]

So, who figured out how to weld a cable? That deserves a Nobel Prize. The cables are spliced; there's no other way to create a strong connection. Besides, the load there, especially the simultaneous one, is so great that modern welds can't handle it.

[faterdom]

Maybe the news was transmitted over the phone, the connection was so-so, and someone in the newsroom didn't quite catch the words "getting lost."

[ddmitrij]

I don't know where some ring might be, but I can say that it's 100% impossible to weld such a cable with this type of welding. Generally, metal cables aren't welded. But you never know, maybe there's some technology, like some special machine for welding cables. But definitely not with electrodes.
So the version about welding the cable is definitely out of the question.

[Evgeny_Sviridenko]

Oh, come on, they weld. To replace old cables with new ones. At least on cranes. Then, once the new one is pulled onto the drum, the connection is cut.

[Maxim Klabdii]

The cables are probably braided and welded in a clamp

[torbas41]

The sailors are replacing the cable, this is normal, the navy has regulations on the use of various devices and materials, and drawing conclusions from this about the ship being damaged is, at the very least, unprofessional.

[APASUS]

They also hire who knows who, what kind of cable welding technology is this, from Bangladesh?

[stankow]

This is the first time I've heard of steel cable being welded. It's braided!

[Demon]

I'm very happy if they do repairs like this)) Let them continue, the main thing is that ours don't copy these technologies.

[AC130 Gunship]

No, guys, such a circus is only possible on Kuznetsov.

[qwertyui_1]

This is the first time I've heard of welding cables. They are usually joined either with special clamps or by splicing.

[Evgeny_Sviridenko]

When I was young and worked at the river port repairing gantry cranes, I welded cables together. A new one was welded to the old one just to tighten it onto the drum. The old one would wind up on the ground. Inverters didn't exist back then, so it was certainly a risky undertaking.

[kig]

It's unlikely they're welding the cable itself. And if they are, it's not to splice it. Perhaps they need to pull something out or tighten a new cable. Overall, there's little information available.

[Arifon]

They only pretend to weld the cable, but in reality they cut it!
First they shoved the panties down the drain, now they've decided to do something more serious.