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Melon

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25. Well.....let's see what happens. There are hundreds and hundreds of ships just waiting or anchored

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 01:33 AM

Mar 11

There are 10’s of thousands of US troops. I have low confidence in the Iranians to do to much. They simply haven’t. If they truly had Mach 14 weapons that can change directions and we can’t touch, why haven’t they shot our carrier with one? We have ships all through the Straight, why haven’t they touched one?

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Iran begins mining Strait of Hormuz as Washington's tanker escort claim collapses [View all] SamuelTheThird Mar 10 OP

Three US carrier groups on station - those mines will be cleared in a jiffy. By satellite, they know anywhere ... marble falls Mar 10 #1

Mines can be deployed by drones SamuelTheThird Mar 10 #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 Mar 10 #6

That doesn't matter SamuelTheThird Mar 10 #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 Mar 10 #9

Where did I say anything about sinking a navy ship? SamuelTheThird Mar 10 #10

Do you think there will be travel by commercial ships without USN coverage ... marble falls Mar 10 #12

lol SamuelTheThird Mar 11 #14

And making personal slurs in the face of facts and truth doen't do a thing for any discussion. ... marble falls Mar 11 #15

Personal slurs? SamuelTheThird Mar 11 #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 Mar 11 #17

'Out of hundreds of freighters going both ways' SamuelTheThird Mar 11 #18

Get a map. Learn about mining. Buy a clue. marble falls Mar 11 #34

Who gives a shit? SamuelTheThird Mar 11 #36

We'll just tie powerful magnets sarisataka Mar 10 #3

But, but, the marmalade shartcannon told us Brother Buzz Mar 10 #4

Damn, I forgot that sarisataka Mar 10 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 11 #35

So the war is pretty much completely over Johonny Mar 10 #8

Pardon my ignorance Takket Mar 10 #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 Mar 10 #13

We are. Posted link below. 16 more vessels sunk Tuesday. It's a turkey shoot. Melon Mar 11 #20

On Tuesday the US Navy destroyed 16 Iranian vessels capable of laying mines. Melon Mar 11 #19

Assuming that is true SamuelTheThird Mar 11 #21

Naval vessels including the little speedboats was a couple hundred at the start. Not 1000's. Melon Mar 11 #22

A mine doesn't need to 'sink' a ship to cause complete economic havoc SamuelTheThird Mar 11 #23

Well.....let's see what happens. There are hundreds and hundreds of ships just waiting or anchored Melon Mar 11 #25

They won't do much? SamuelTheThird Mar 11 #32

Iran has a large fleet of miniature 7man subs that have both torpedo and mine laying capabilities. I wonder if those are yaesu Mar 11 #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 Mar 11 #24

One of many reasons not to elect a narcissistic psychopath is that they might RockRaven Mar 11 #26

And then there's this... US destroys mine laying vessels WarGamer Mar 11 #27

Problem solved! SamuelTheThird Mar 11 #29

I guess we'll find out soon WarGamer Mar 11 #30

well after billions and billions spent they just hit another ship SamuelTheThird Mar 11 #31

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