Posted on 12/31/2011 9:11:55 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
In reaction to proposed sanctions over its nuclear program, Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz cutting off the flow of crude from the Middle East.
Iran’s Chief of the Navy, Admiral Habibollah Sayyari boasted that “Closing the of Hormuz for Iran’s armed forces is really easy.” He was overhyping the capability of his navy in advance of a planned 10 day Iranian navel exercise in the strait.
Iran did state that “it would stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf if sanctions were imposed on its crude exports.”
This was the second such threat made by that regime in a week. The Republic’s Navy has no plans to close it in the immediate future, but has even been so bold as to declare that the United States was in no position to “give orders” concerning the use of the Strait.
If Iran intended to close the Strait she can raise havoc by closing the narrowest point of the strait (21 miles) with attack boats and Chinese made land based anti-shipping missiles.
Nevertheless, those missiles they do possess are dated or locally manufactured copies of dated weapons. Like all Iranian weapons program there is no reason to believe they will work as advertised.
The Russian built air defense missiles systems Iran has are another story. They cannot be taken lightly. This waterway is a choke point for a sixth of the world’s daily oil supply.
Even if the attempt to disrupt the transport of oil by military means fails, Iran could still...
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Didn’t Happen.
Barracks was in 1983. The Iranian Navy was not targeted for it and did not lose any ships to the USN until 1987 when we seized the Iran Ajr mining Bahrain Bell. Operation Preying Mantis was in 1988.
The Iranian Navies were not sunk at any time by the USN...
Even what we did to the Libyans in 1984 in retaliation for the Berlin Disco bombing was not even close to sinking their entire Navy.
PS Libya never had Destroyers. It was 2 patrol vessels and a Minesweeper...
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