Originally Posted by
safetypee
Wait until he asks Putin for help. … "Net"; high oil price helps Russia
But we have had our butt kicked, help … how can I get out of this mess (it's made by 'you', Israel, everyone else's fault).
Loss of face (nothing to lose) vs committing the fleet to action.
What is the practicality of US boats in the Persian Gulf; can air power alone provide safety, or is it boots on the ground?
An interesting time for war studies.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eliza...cB7hU2U_S8Iv3k
Two historical events come to mind... the dutch fire ships on the Thames that messed up the RN rather well, and the whole saga of the Russian fleets debacle from departing St Pete's and points north and blundering their way towards Port Arthur, to meet their destiny in the straits of Tsushima.
Plonking the USN in an area that requires the SoH to be open within range of every munition the Iranians own seems to be a gift to the recently departed ayatollah. Russia has shown how many drones Iran could produce for export let alone their own defence. Hope the USN has lots of reloads of their SMs and phalanx ammo and a means to get it to the
target fleet.