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[–] TheLastHero@hexbear.net 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

my gulf state neighbor told me Iranians keep blowing up his tankers so I asked how many tankers he has and he said he just goes to the American naval base and gets a new tanker afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding tankers to the Iranians and then his American milliary advisor started crying

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am honestly giddy at the prospect of Trump sending ships into the strait, my family is looking at me like "what is so fucking funny"

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 17 points 1 day ago

Tell your family to call me and I’ll tell them what time it is. We’ll all laugh together!

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are easier and more environmentally friendly ways to create artificial reefs.

Sinking American military ships is environmentally friendly in the long run

[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 27 points 1 day ago

Hey Trump please send all of America's navy to the Strait of Hormuz.

[–] MarxMadness@hexbear.net 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not an expert in missiles, but it seems like a strait that's 24 mi / 39 km at its narrowest makes it easier for a neighboring country to shoot missiles at ships and harder for those ships to defend themselves.

[–] Formerlyfarman@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

It's in the range of good reliable canon artillery.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey, kids, I heard you liked escort missions.

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Born too late to be blown up by an Improvised Explosive Device. Born too early to be blown up by a Chinese Orbital Laser. Born just in time to be blown up by a secondary explosion from an oil tanker.

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 29 points 1 day ago

Somebody let me know if he actually sends escorts there. I need at least a week to buy enough booze for an "end of US hegemony" party.

[–] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Man tries to solve problem entirely of his own making"

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 35 points 1 day ago

Iran is not playing by the rules of war, rule # 1 the USA wins, jot that down.

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

sounds like a good way to lose a fuckton of ships lmao

[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Imagine this goes like the destruction of Empire's Navy in Foundation.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey that's cool man but dollars can't be burned for fuel at a very effective ratio

[–] ajab@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Of course it can. It's American tax dollars that he's burning to protect private (i.e not yours) corpo profits.

[–] thefunkycomitatus@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

>it is 1807 and the enemy just sank the USS Chesapeake, the US decides to enter the war
>it is 1898 and the enemy just sank the USS Maine, the US decides to enter the war
>it is 1915 and the enemy just sank the USS Lusitania, the US decides to enter the war
>It is 1941 and the enemy just sank the USS Oklahoma, the US decides to enter the war
>it is 1964 and the enemy just attacked the USS Maddox (allegedly), the US decides to enter the war
>it is 2026 and the enemy just sank the USS Missouri, the US decides to enter the war

I have had it with these boat wars.

[–] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

It is 1967 and Occupied Palestine just sank the USS Liberty, the US decides everyone makes mistakes

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

USS Liberty didn't start a war

thonk

[–] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

sicko-pig

This isn't your WOKE DEI navy cowards that shoot pew pew guns, this is the christian PATRIOT WARRIOR navy with guns that go BOOM. Iran is too SCARED to take out a BIG MANLY US Naval Vessel. Trump would get so mad if they did!

[–] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

This sounds like a god awful plan

[–] Noodles4dinner@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Marco Rubio said at his press conference today that the aircraft carrier from the iconic music video for Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time" will be used for this purpose.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

That music video 🤝Young me

Realizing I like women

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

smh didn't even use the ship that Lex Luger bodyslammed Yokozuna on

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago

the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz,

Cope

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

Escort ships!

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh is sending a navy ship with a tanker going to protect it from missiles

[–] darkcalling@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Many US ships do have anti-missile systems. It would need to be the right kind of ships obviously, carriers can perform this obvious, aegis cruisers are specialized at it so they can as well. And enough or the right kind of missiles can get through much of the time.

It will be really interesting to see if Iran can make good on its threats in a sustained way. If they can the US is in a pretty bad spot in a lot of ways. Still I expect the US will goad a couple of ships to try, if even some ships get through Trump will be leaning heavily on those countries to keep the ships running even if they're taking losses. At a certain point the countries will likely get a spine and explain ship replacement lead times are too much and they have to stop sending them because if they don't they'll be stuck with inadequate shipping capacity for years after this conflict. At that point we really enter the cool zone.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I guess for some reason I just assumed they had guarantee kill hypersonic missiles but I guess I haven't heard anything specifically about Iran having those

[–] MarxMadness@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Iran might have hypersonics? Trying to remember the news I've seen in the past few years, and of course the secrecy makes the magin of error huge.

If they do, I can see a few reasons for not using them already:

  1. Maybe they don't have a bunch, and think they can fight off the U.S. without using them. And if they use them all and the U.S. keeps at it, that's not good.
  2. Maybe they are less "guaranteed" and more "high success," and the odds of success improve if you deplete a bunch of anti-missle defenses first.
  3. Iran is fighting two nuclear-armed countries that have very recently shown they don't care about civilian deaths at all. Trading Tehran for an aircraft carrier is not something Iran wants to do.
[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think it’s 3, it’s reflected by their diplomacy in the past. The entities are fucking psycho and will gladly glass the entire region.

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

I would imagine that hypersonic missiles have reduced payload. I don't know if the physicis situation behind them is widely known. It doesn't seem to be talked about in the same way conventional arms are

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago

trump-moist Of course, the FREE FLOW of ENERGY is only impeded because of our POINTLESS ~~war~~ SMO of AGRESSION. Thank you for your lack of attention to this matter!

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

If you decide to go diving on these artificial reefs in a few years time, remember there are sharks in this area and take precautions.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago
[–] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Please wait until there are several ships in the strait before firing

[–] NinaPasadena@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

Operation Eagle Scream

[–] ajab@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Who wants to go first?