I can believe the Iranians went out and drug them into Iranian waters.
I guess if they were holding guns to my head I might have agreed with them.
Now my old man who was a combat veteran of WWII would probably have told them to stuff it.
See two Ma Deuces there that could have dished out a whole lot of whoop @ss on anything the Iranians were sending.
AWACs would have known where everything was.
If there was a concern of approaching craft, F-18's could have been on station in 10 minutes.
Even without GPS, there is radar.
Other than those two, A course would have been laid by compass, before embarking.
Kuwait to Bahrain is a straight shot. Following a compass bearing MIGHT have brought them 20 miles from Iranian waters. From looking at generic maps on the web, it looks more like 35-40.
This whole thing stinks.