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Three US carrier groups on station - those mines will be cleared in a jiffy. By satellite, they know anywhere ... marble falls 16 hrs ago #1
Mines can be deployed by drones SamuelTheThird 16 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 14 hrs ago #6
That doesn't matter SamuelTheThird 10 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 9 hrs ago #9
Where did I say anything about sinking a navy ship? SamuelTheThird 9 hrs ago #10
Do you think there will be travel by commercial ships without USN coverage ... marble falls 9 hrs ago #12
lol SamuelTheThird 8 hrs ago #14
And making personal slurs in the face of facts and truth doen't do a thing for any discussion. ... marble falls 7 hrs ago #15
Personal slurs? SamuelTheThird 7 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 7 hrs ago #17
'Out of hundreds of freighters going both ways' SamuelTheThird 7 hrs ago #18
We'll just tie powerful magnets sarisataka 16 hrs ago #3
But, but, the marmalade shartcannon told us Brother Buzz 15 hrs ago #4
Damn, I forgot that sarisataka 14 hrs ago #5
So the war is pretty much completely over Johonny 9 hrs ago #8
Pardon my ignorance Takket 9 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 9 hrs ago #13
We are. Posted link below. 16 more vessels sunk Tuesday. It's a turkey shoot. Melon 7 hrs ago #20
On Tuesday the US Navy destroyed 16 Iranian vessels capable of laying mines. Melon 7 hrs ago #19
Assuming that is true SamuelTheThird 7 hrs ago #21
Naval vessels including the little speedboats was a couple hundred at the start. Not 1000's. Melon 7 hrs ago #22
A mine doesn't need to 'sink' a ship to cause complete economic havoc SamuelTheThird 6 hrs ago #23
Well.....let's see what happens. There are hundreds and hundreds of ships just waiting or anchored Melon 6 hrs ago #25
They won't do much? SamuelTheThird 5 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 6 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 6 hrs ago #24
One of many reasons not to elect a narcissistic psychopath is that they might RockRaven 6 hrs ago #26
And then there's this... US destroys mine laying vessels WarGamer 6 hrs ago #27
Problem solved! SamuelTheThird 6 hrs ago #29
I guess we'll find out soon WarGamer 6 hrs ago #30
well after billions and billions spent they just hit another ship SamuelTheThird 5 hrs ago #31
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