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marble falls

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6. If I hadn't been USN, I might think the same way. Any drone big enough to plant a naval mine is on radar, ...

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:38 PM

12 hrs ago

... and US spy satellites can count the dimples on a golf ball and can read license plates and can be positioned to look in your windows.

Believe or not, the USN has been dealing with mines for over 100 years.

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Iran begins mining Strait of Hormuz as Washington's tanker escort claim collapses [View all] SamuelTheThird 14 hrs ago OP

Three US carrier groups on station - those mines will be cleared in a jiffy. By satellite, they know anywhere ... marble falls 14 hrs ago #1

Mines can be deployed by drones SamuelTheThird 14 hrs ago #2

If I hadn't been USN, I might think the same way. Any drone big enough to plant a naval mine is on radar, ... marble falls 12 hrs ago #6

That doesn't matter SamuelTheThird 7 hrs ago #7

You watch too much TV. When was the last time a Navy ship hit a mine, let alone sunk by one? When was the last time ... marble falls 7 hrs ago #9

Where did I say anything about sinking a navy ship? SamuelTheThird 7 hrs ago #10

Do you think there will be travel by commercial ships without USN coverage ... marble falls 6 hrs ago #12

lol SamuelTheThird 5 hrs ago #14

And making personal slurs in the face of facts and truth doen't do a thing for any discussion. ... marble falls 5 hrs ago #15

Personal slurs? SamuelTheThird 5 hrs ago #16

This will end very quickly once the Navy is in place. This is one of the busiest trade routes, maybe the second ... marble falls 4 hrs ago #17

'Out of hundreds of freighters going both ways' SamuelTheThird 4 hrs ago #18

We'll just tie powerful magnets sarisataka 13 hrs ago #3

But, but, the marmalade shartcannon told us Brother Buzz 12 hrs ago #4

Damn, I forgot that sarisataka 12 hrs ago #5

So the war is pretty much completely over Johonny 7 hrs ago #8

Pardon my ignorance Takket 6 hrs ago #11

They haven't grifted enough from panic induced oil futures. Give it a week of two after the market gets a grip ... marble falls 6 hrs ago #13

We are. Posted link below. 16 more vessels sunk Tuesday. It's a turkey shoot. Melon 4 hrs ago #20

On Tuesday the US Navy destroyed 16 Iranian vessels capable of laying mines. Melon 4 hrs ago #19

Assuming that is true SamuelTheThird 4 hrs ago #21

Naval vessels including the little speedboats was a couple hundred at the start. Not 1000's. Melon 4 hrs ago #22

A mine doesn't need to 'sink' a ship to cause complete economic havoc SamuelTheThird 4 hrs ago #23

Well.....let's see what happens. There are hundreds and hundreds of ships just waiting or anchored Melon 4 hrs ago #25

They won't do much? SamuelTheThird 2 hrs ago #32

Iran has a large fleet of miniature 7man subs that have both torpedo and mine laying capabilities. I wonder if those are yaesu 3 hrs ago #28

Trump and his sordid crew have been blowing up boats for months now. Surely they don't begrudge Iran to do the same! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 4 hrs ago #24

One of many reasons not to elect a narcissistic psychopath is that they might RockRaven 4 hrs ago #26

And then there's this... US destroys mine laying vessels WarGamer 3 hrs ago #27

Problem solved! SamuelTheThird 3 hrs ago #29

I guess we'll find out soon WarGamer 3 hrs ago #30

well after billions and billions spent they just hit another ship SamuelTheThird 2 hrs ago #31

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