Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoTrump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediatelywww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTrump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediatelywww.reuters.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square98linkfedilink
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days 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-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoyou can just throw hundreds at one, and spend less than one of thier US missiles.
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days 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.
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.
you can just throw hundreds at one, and spend less than one of thier US missiles.
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.