Playing On Iran’s Home Court: The Great Strait Of Hormuz Test -- Wall Street Examiner
Any good armchair general with a good search engine and time on their hands can figure out in a hurry that the song and dance about Iran being unable to close the Strait if Hormuz for long is just a plain crock. Worse than a crock. Yet, this big Orwellian lie persists, so once again I have to set the record straight. Iran has the capability of not only closing the Strait for some time, but creating a world of hurt for the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.
Iran possesses a build up of anti-ship weapons called Sunburn missiles, which it has procured from Russia and China over the last decade. These are top-notch weapons developed by the Russians as a low-cost challenge to the expensive, tech-heavy weaponry of the U.S., and specifically the aircraft carrier task force.
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My Comment: More news on the Sunburn missile system can be read here.
It may well be that Iran can close the Strait but that can be construed as an act of war and then it becomes a whole new ball game
ReplyDeleteI agree .... and it will be a big war. But the Strait of Hormuz will be closed.
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