>The USS Truxtun and USS Mason, supported by Apache helicopters and other aircraft, faced a series of coordinated threats during the passage, the defense officials said. Iran launched small boats, missiles and drones against them in what officials described as a sustained barrage.
The two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers made it into the Persian Gulf without suffering any damage.
Glittering-Potato-72 on
How many missiles did the US fire for this display?
Black-Shoe on
The US is fucking brain dead
MrTwatFart on
Interesting. Such a dumb conflict and fuck Iran. Fuck Trump.
motherseffinjones on
Ok but how does
This allow tankers to make it through?
7th_Protagonist on
Are they escorting any civilian ships?
LiteratureMindless71 on
Oh joy….. I feel like things are going to get 1000x worse by tomorrow….
CreamyIvy on
Send them through to drift on the way back. Hormuz strait drift!
2beatenup on
No mines?
Also which ships are going to be escorted?
GhostalMedia on
That’s about what I expected to happen. The Iranians showed that the passage is too dangerous for civilian vessels to risk it. Which means they still control the strait.
They don’t need to overpower the US. They just need to pose an enough of a threat to companies that don’t want to lose half a billion dollars worth of product and hardware.
yeungx on
Ok now do it with the world’s largest and slowest ships carrying the world’s most flammable liquid. Cause in case you forgotten, That was the point of this entire thing.
There used to be a time, long ago, 2 month ago, where ANY ship could have done this. So finally getting 2 warship getting though with air support is symptom of the biggest foreign policy fumble since WW2.
Kitchen_Housing2815 on
Is this sustainable?
Significant_Bee_8011 on
“A billion dollars of equipment dodges onslaught costing in the tens of thousands”
BOPSurfcasting on
Iran don’t have to hit those US warships, just launching missiles, drones and fast boats at them is good enough for insurance companies to nope out.
Feeling_Reindeer2599 on
Definitely not a war.
No need for congress approval.
Mecha-Dave on
Onslaught? Ceasefire? Where are we at, people?
AbraKadabraAmor on
I’m sure defenseless tankers will fair the same
happytree23 on
They just did so much PR work for Iran lol
mundza on
I feel like this is the very expensive way to do something that was previously free.
imightwin on
Trump posted to Truth Social yesterday that he’s going to start guiding commercial vessels through the strait.
Now this story come out, he has proof that the US is capable of doing it despite what other reports might say.
I’m willing to bet he’s going to start offering Navy escorts for some sort of “fee”. Or he’s going to try to label this a “humanitarian” effort and steal funding from some US social program, labeling it as “reallocating funding for the war” and pocket most of it for himself and his cronnies.
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>The USS Truxtun and USS Mason, supported by Apache helicopters and other aircraft, faced a series of coordinated threats during the passage, the defense officials said. Iran launched small boats, missiles and drones against them in what officials described as a sustained barrage.
The two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers made it into the Persian Gulf without suffering any damage.
How many missiles did the US fire for this display?
The US is fucking brain dead
Interesting. Such a dumb conflict and fuck Iran. Fuck Trump.
Ok but how does
This allow tankers to make it through?
Are they escorting any civilian ships?
Oh joy….. I feel like things are going to get 1000x worse by tomorrow….
Send them through to drift on the way back. Hormuz strait drift!
No mines?
Also which ships are going to be escorted?
That’s about what I expected to happen. The Iranians showed that the passage is too dangerous for civilian vessels to risk it. Which means they still control the strait.
They don’t need to overpower the US. They just need to pose an enough of a threat to companies that don’t want to lose half a billion dollars worth of product and hardware.
Ok now do it with the world’s largest and slowest ships carrying the world’s most flammable liquid. Cause in case you forgotten, That was the point of this entire thing.
There used to be a time, long ago, 2 month ago, where ANY ship could have done this. So finally getting 2 warship getting though with air support is symptom of the biggest foreign policy fumble since WW2.
Is this sustainable?
“A billion dollars of equipment dodges onslaught costing in the tens of thousands”
Iran don’t have to hit those US warships, just launching missiles, drones and fast boats at them is good enough for insurance companies to nope out.
Definitely not a war.
No need for congress approval.
Onslaught? Ceasefire? Where are we at, people?
I’m sure defenseless tankers will fair the same
They just did so much PR work for Iran lol
I feel like this is the very expensive way to do something that was previously free.
Trump posted to Truth Social yesterday that he’s going to start guiding commercial vessels through the strait.
Now this story come out, he has proof that the US is capable of doing it despite what other reports might say.
I’m willing to bet he’s going to start offering Navy escorts for some sort of “fee”. Or he’s going to try to label this a “humanitarian” effort and steal funding from some US social program, labeling it as “reallocating funding for the war” and pocket most of it for himself and his cronnies.