Energy Secretary Wright says U.S. 'not ready' to escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz yet

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37. So your answer is to provide more targets. Numbers and brute force can not negate the defensive

advantage of modern technologies. This is especially true when dealing with a situation in the extremely confined area of the Straits.

As near as I can tell, there are fewer than 40 (maybe as few as 30) destroyers available at this moment capable of taking to sea. Four are with each carrier battle group. That is 16 ships unavailable for escort duty. That leaves 14 to 24 others. The navy would certainly not send all of them to one place.

IMHO The idea that we can pull off some sort of "gutsy" escort service without suffering grievous losses is just magical thinking. If events prove my analysis incorrect, right here on DU, I will man up and admit that EX500rider was right and I was wrong. I truly hope that Trump doesn't put this to the test by sending our sailors in harms way.