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ruet

(10,244 posts)
43. DE-
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 08:31 PM
9 hrs ago

LUSION. Even if this fantasy materializes, the US will not be able to provide escorts until the end of March at the earliest. Even then we are talking about 10%, an optimistic estimate, of normal traffic. And if you think we're just going to park warships in the Hormuz narrows, right off the coast of Iran, then it's something worse than delusion.

You read like a Cold War kid flipping through a deck of NATO/Pact aircraft identification cards fantasizing about how great the US military is and what WWIII would look like. This isn't that. I think you should stop posting on the subject.

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Gosh, it's like you can't believe anything Trump says. tanyev 21 hrs ago #1
The Navy has 76 operational Destroyers EX500rider 21 hrs ago #2
Enough unless the Iranians launch a mass drone swarm and the ship runs out of ammunition before the flashman13 17 hrs ago #12
Wait another week or two other countries wil be stepping into escort their own tankers EX500rider 17 hrs ago #14
No they won't. The military situation is the same for everyone. Iran owns the Straits of Hormuz. flashman13 16 hrs ago #20
" No they won't." Pakistan already announced they are EX500rider 15 hrs ago #22
There are two possibilities here. They have already cut a deal with Iran or their ships will be sunk. flashman13 14 hrs ago #31
Or Iran will add one more country they are at war with EX500rider 14 hrs ago #32
"The reality is that none of those 76 destroyers are available." They can be. EX500rider 15 hrs ago #24
So your answer is to provide more targets. Numbers and brute force can not negate the defensive flashman13 13 hrs ago #37
They can also create distance at the narrowst place the straight is 21 Mi wide but the channel runs down the middle EX500rider 13 hrs ago #38
DE- ruet 9 hrs ago #43
Yeah I don't need your permission or approval to post on subjects EX500rider 9 hrs ago #45
Nonsense henbuck 14 hrs ago #34
Why does the DoE have anything to do with escorting tankers? Hugin 20 hrs ago #3
Wouldn't be the 1st time EX500rider 15 hrs ago #23
This was posted earlier by someone else but it's an amazing watch, 32 minutes long wolfie001 20 hrs ago #4
I wonder quakerboy 17 hrs ago #10
Thanks for this. We moonscape 16 hrs ago #17
You're welcome wolfie001 15 hrs ago #21
I looked at the video moonscape 7 hrs ago #46
No, the naval vessels rely on their own Aegis Combat System radar. EX500rider 14 hrs ago #25
Well, the lack of shipping right now is an indication of a breakdown somewhere in the defense chain wolfie001 14 hrs ago #27
The US destroyer and mine sweeper vessels will take some time to get there from all around the globe EX500rider 14 hrs ago #28
Do these numbnuts even know what mines are and how they work? Girard442 20 hrs ago #5
They say Trump is playing chess and he's six moves ahead of us. JohnnyRingo 20 hrs ago #6
More like 3-dimensional tiddly winks... ananda 18 hrs ago #9
LOL! Haven't heard Tiddly Winks in a long time. JohnnyRingo 17 hrs ago #13
LOL ananda 12 hrs ago #40
They say Trump is playing chess and he's six moves ahead of us. (illustrated) usonian 14 hrs ago #26
Stooges JohnnyRingo 14 hrs ago #33
When Donald is long gone, buried beneath the 18th hole somewhere, the Stooges will claim the spoils as rulers. usonian 13 hrs ago #35
You would need a 250,000 troop invasion of the Iranian side of the Strait Prairie Gates 20 hrs ago #7
This is why the W admin dropped any talk of taking on Iran Strelnikov_ 18 hrs ago #8
It's not that they're busy as much as they haven't quite figured out how much to charge per transit... EarthFirst 17 hrs ago #11
Naval escorts are not the issue AverageOldGuy 16 hrs ago #15
Exactly. And Trump is saying taxpayers will provide reinsurance to Bluetus 13 hrs ago #36
Tankers bromeando 16 hrs ago #16
A public announcement that Trump lied. Again. Martin68 16 hrs ago #18
I suspect our Navy vessels woulld be sitting ducks in the Strait. Martin68 16 hrs ago #19
Iran is a much larger country with more drones than Ukraine bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #30
Not exactly sitting ducks Red Mountain 13 hrs ago #39
I call them sitting ducks because the is very little room for mobility and they are close to land on both sides. Martin68 9 hrs ago #44
If you destroy "the manufacturing industry that supplies their offensive capabilities" bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #29
But Bessent said it is!!!!! Grins 11 hrs ago #41
Encouraging vessels to just go for it is insane. But that's where we are under Orange Julius. n/t Evolve Dammit 11 hrs ago #42
Probably in two weeks. BWdem4life 5 hrs ago #47
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