I wouldn’t be so sure. Those are confined waters, and ever since the invasion of Iraq, Iran has been preparing for a potential showdown against the US. The large number of anti-ship missiles that Iran posses, both launched from shore or light-attack craft could pose a threat to a carrier group and that’s without adding in other threats like diesel-electric submarines or mines. There haven’t exactly been very many examples of naval warfare in the last couple of decades, and what few exist have often been fragmentary at best. A carrier’s escorts being capable of successfully intercepting a mass attack by modern anti-ship missiles is not something that can be taken for granted.
I agree. What was that one war game scenario that was done where the US lost, because the guy playing the part of the enemy attacked with numerous small vessels? When the Navy saw that they lost, they changed the rules of the game. I also would not put it past any of the players in this global chess game to do whatever it would take to get the US to attack Iran.
This scares me to death. Our nephew is on the Enterprise.
But they won’t be IN the Gulf.
We can see the SOB’s Iranian terrorists long before they launch whatever missiles or aircrafts they have against our ships and once we see them they are immediately dead and destroyed. No other nation on this planet has this immense military advantage, we are the only one.