Rogerramjet
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@DanDealy @WhaleScan No a7s flying for decades, prob no a6s either
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Was a part of tactics development in '87.
Pretty easy to give a small craft something to think about.
5" shell from a USN ship. Or 20mm Vulcan.
A-6E dropping CBU's or an A-7E with CBUs or Zuni rockets or 20mm.
Little Birds & Apache's if in the area with rockets and guns.
Today... many, many MANY more options. Much better options.
Between then & now... witless commanders got our shipmates kidnapped by Iranian crapasses.
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SAUDI ARABIA SAW THIS SHIT COMING 45 YEARS AGO.
The US Navy just ran the same play.
In 1984, the USS Stark got hit in the Persian Gulf and nearly sank.
In 1988, the USS Samuel B. Roberts hit an Iranian mine and almost went down.
The US spent 40 years studying exactly how Iran fights in the Strait — small boats, missiles, drone swarms, saturation attacks designed to overwhelm a single ship.
So when the USS Truxtun and USS Mason crossed Hormuz yesterday under a "sustained barrage" of Iranian small boats, missiles, and drones —
They weren't improvising.
They had AH-64 Apaches overhead.
F-16 fighters on station.
Over 100 aircraft total.
CENTCOM destroyed 6-7 Iranian boats before they got close.
Zero US vessels struck.
Both destroyers crossed.
Two commercial ships crossed with them.
Iran has been running the same attack playbook since 1987.
The US spent 40 years building the answer to it.
Yesterday, they ran the drill for real.
Bookmark this. Come back when the next transit happens.
Most people won't see this. RT to change that. 🔥


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@WhaleScan So 2 Frigates and 100 aircrafts to destroy 7 boats, and you somehow see that as a win.
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@WhaleScan so we need to fly 100 aircraft each time to escort ships. that's good how?
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