Let’s be clear: the US Navy is afraid to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz because we know now what we knew a decade ago.
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Let’s be clear: the US Navy is afraid to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz because we know now what we knew a decade ago. We know that drone swarms and speedboat swarms are nearly impossible to defeat, and a US warship is a juicy target.
Don’t start shit you can’t finish. And yet, here we are.
@mcnado I was saying at the start of this I'm looking forward to seeing how America reacts to the first sinking of an aircraft carrier. I wonder if someone will bait trumps temper or hubris into sending some ships in
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@tuban_muzuru they certainly have, and it may or may not be effective. Of course, we have previously blown open one of our own ships using automated cannon fire for missile defense in the Gulf War, and we had a number of close calls during the recent engagements with the Houthis. I wouldn’t want to be on that tin can if it were moved into the line of fire.
The recent embarrassing pratfalls of the Russian Navy are so serious, it calls much of the rationale for a blue water navy into question.
