Iranian parliament votes to close the Strait of Hormuz
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#3I can’t imagine their navy would hold up to the opposing air power for very long
Re: Iranian parliament votes to close the Strait of Hormuz
#4I can’t imagine their navy would hold up to the opposing air power for very long
Strong navy is not needed. This is an extremely asymmetric problem - one explosion can take out the whole tanker. (Or at least disable it for a long and costly time) And nobody can stop all the relatively cheap attacks, regardless how much power they have.