Their strategy in Hormuz would be small fast boats because the channel is so narrow. But yeah I agree. Let the Persians and the Arabs fight. I want a 1930s isolationist America at this point.
The problem with air is going to be. Do the Arab nations allow us to use their air space. Does Bahrain and UAE allow us to conduct missions out of our bases there. Also with air, we are basically trying to sink a bunch of mid sized fishing boats. It's expensive if we are trying to hit them with missiles. You can't break a blockade with just air assets.
If Irans goal was to kill US troops. They would send a few hundred missiles at some chow hall during lunch. Right now the random missile shots are just to annoy us.
If Iran closes the Straits the only way to break that blockade is to send our ships there to break the blockade and confront them directly. Their swarm drones and land based missiles is going to catch one of our ships off guard and put a big hole in it.
Number 1 reason we haven't attacked Iran directly is they will close the Strait of Hormuz. No one wants to see 20 dollars a gallon for gas right now. We confront them. We're gonna win, but we're going to lose some ships. And even after that. Cleaning up the Straits to make it passable again could take months. Iran knows this, we know this. Iran is basically trying to keep itself in the news, without being the news. If they really wanted to do some damage to our bases, they wouldn't strike at 44 different bases with a few missiles. They would strike at 1 base with a few hundred missiles. But they know if they kill some US soldiers then they are going to pay. It's all window dressing.
So the SSGN that is there is indeed the USS Florida. The same SSGN that shot 105 tomahawks into Libya the last time. When they did that the last time. The Florida was concerned that they didn't have enough ballast to dive again. Luckily there isn't a real Navy that is able to threaten a surfaced submarine.
DDS is Dry Dock Shelter
SDV-1 Seal Delivery Vehicle
SSGN is a nuclear sub that has a load out of tomahawk missiles instead of carrying the D5 missile. We don't hesitate to launch tomahawks
and SSGNs don't travel alone. So there's probably a few linebackers in the form of SSNs watching her back. And why do we call our ships "her" because it's gay as fuck to ride dudes.
You see that little tubey thingy on the top? That is DDS. That's a dry dock shelter for SDV-1. So it's not just an Ohio Class submarine. It's one of the 4 SSGNs we have. OMFG. Ohio, Michigan, FLorida, Georgia. They also come with a full load of Tomahawks. 140 of them to be exact. The last time an SSGN was in the middle east, the USS FLorida launched 140 tomahawks at Libya.
Isn't the goal to get to the NFL as quick as possible and burn out that rookie contract as fast as possible? Hell Dak is like a 6th rounder. His big contract negates that first round money and he will probably make more in his last year than his entire first round rookie contract combined. It's math bro.
I honestly believe Squints would be a completely different QB and would have taken us to many national championship games if Colt didn't get hurt against Bama
Your friend sounds like a good candidate to ask about Chinese food
All sushi is frozen so you can have a great sushi restaurant anywhere.
Haha. I mean that is pretty much true. Some of the best sushi I've ever had was in Vegas.