A Month Ago I Said That Our Naval Ships Would Be Sitting Ducks If They Went Near Hormuz

[gab13by13]

I was rightly criticized for calling them sitting ducks. With that said, there is a reason that our naval ships are parked far off from the strait of Hormuz. Iran has mountainous areas all along Hormuz where it has installed concrete with steel reinforced bunkers into the mountains that have missiles and artillery very capable of hitting our ships. Iran also has artillery and missiles that can be mounted on pickup trucks.

Iran also has planted mines and we really don't have much in the way of mine sweepers, as far as I know, we may have one in the region.

Iran also has unmanned speed boats, water drones, just like Ukraine used to sink Russian ships.

Iran also has air drones that are capable of hitting our ships.

Our naval ships have quite the arsenal to repel all of this and I hate to quote the mercenary Eric Prince, but he said that if our navy sails up Hormuz we will see a burning US naval ship.

Krasnov needs to surrender now and call it a victory, his hard core base will believe him, but no one else will.

2 months ago I also predicted that if Krasnov invaded Iran that it would be his downfall. The war was just about making money, even our Secretary of defense invested in military defense companies right before the war started, an act of treason.

[303squadron]

1. Hey, y'all remember the Falklands War?

Between WWI and WWII naval warfare changed as battleships became vulnerable to air power.

That dramatic shift was replicated when Exocet missiles sank two British ships in the Falklands war.

A swarm of drones mass attacking a ship is reminiscent of the kamikazes in WWII - it would be impossible to get them all.

[gab13by13]

2. Look what recent history teaches us,

Ukraine doesn't have a navy but look what it did to Russia's navy.

Now I see that Hegseth wants the Brits to use their ships to sail to Hormuz.

[3Hotdogs]

3. Churchill and the Dardanelles would be a better comparison. British ships trying to capture a narrow

body of water, with defended hills on the water's edge.

[gab13by13]

4. Good analogy,

Krasnov didn't invade Iran using logic or even have a strategy. Krasnov invaded Iran because Saudi Arabia and the UAE paid him to invade.

I heard this on Malcom Nance's show from a former Saudi intelligence agent. No proof but believable.

[griloco]

6. Yeahbut that proves what a Greatest biznezman he is!!!

Nt

[LeftInTX]

11. At least they had other options

I don't think Pakistan or Turkey will be of much help in this situation.

[peppertree]

8. I often refer to Cheeto as the 'American Galtieri'

Though Galtieri was, of course, unelected, both very much appealed to the Archie Bunker types in their respective countries - despite both being raving elitists.

Both very much believed that it's a rich man's world - while imposing harsh austerity on everyone else (almost as a kind of human sacrifice).

Both were demented narcissists. And both resorted to wars when the public turned against them.

The hard-drinking Galtieri, incidentally, was the Reagan administration's "favorite Argentine" - until he took to striking at none other than the Brits.

(and lucky for Maggie that he did!)

[Submariner]

5. And don't forget the 15 Iranian submarines that were not sunk

It is likely that Iran's very quiet Ghadir class midget subs, which are specifically designed to be deployed in the shallow Persian Gulf and narrow Strait, are all over the Gulf shipping lanes, on the bottom, rigged for ultra-quiet, waiting for the assault ships ferrying the Marines to enter the battlefield of the Persian Gulf. These boats are armed with torpedoes and/or they lay mines and create grave uncertainty.

The EU navies know this which is why they would rather have cankles call them cowards, then lose a Destroyer or Cruiser and a lot of lives to a cheap mini-sub torpedo.

[Farmer-Rick]

7. Never knew about those subs

Good info.

Pedo Trump is simply enacting a mob boss extortion plan. But he does like the killing, the bombing, the dead children. It trips his trigger.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

9. I was onboard with you. This is my primary fear...

they will sink one of our ships and Trump will order a nuke strike. I hope they stay out of the strait!

[druidity33]

10. Ukraine will save the day. nt.