The Navy will deploy guided-missile destroyers, more than 100 land- and sea-based combat aircraft, and several sea and air drones to guide international commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command officials said Sunday.
The Navy will deploy guided-missile destroyers, more than 100 land- and sea-based combat aircraft, and several sea and air drones to guide international commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command officials said Sunday.
I mostly agree, however the US can always move reserves to the area. Russias Black Sea fleet has been cut off from other parts of its navy because it cannot cross the Straight of Bosporus.
The problem is a navy can’t win this kind of battle no matter how many reserves it has. The more ships the US bring in, the more targets for the iranian drones to hit. They’re just there as expensive decoys, not able to clear mines and not able to destroy the drone launchers.
And from Iran’s point of view they don’t need to hit much to cause chaos - the threat of being hit is enough to drive insurance prices through the roof and dissuade shipping to take the risk of traversing the strait.