Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTrump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediatelywww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down13
arrow-up1277arrow-down1external-linkTrump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediatelywww.reuters.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square102linkfedilink
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI guess now we find out how defensible the strait If Iran can close it thoroughly, they can also keep the US Navy pretty busy. How many Shahed does it take to disable a destroyer? We will find out.
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe US can blockade the entrance to Persian Gulf which is further away from Iran. Oil tankers are lightly armed/defended and slower than Aircraft carrier fighter jets.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoyou can just throw hundreds at one, and spend less than one of thier US missiles.
I guess now we find out how defensible the strait
If Iran can close it thoroughly, they can also keep the US Navy pretty busy. How many Shahed does it take to disable a destroyer? We will find out.
The US can blockade the entrance to Persian Gulf which is further away from Iran. Oil tankers are lightly armed/defended and slower than Aircraft carrier fighter jets.
you can just throw hundreds at one, and spend less than one of thier US missiles.