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by drnick1 31 days ago
> But this may be one of the few times we have been unable to achieve a purely military objective.

The U.S. has been secretly moving ships for months. And Iran no longer has any significant naval force, it's all been wiped out. What is difficult to completely stop, short of glassing the entire country, is harassment by drones or other forms of "asymmetric warfare."
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dingaling 31 days ago
> And Iran no longer has any significant naval force, it's all been wiped out.

A naval force isn't required to control the Strait. Artillery, drones and missiles fired from inland can do that quite easily.

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drnick1 31 days ago
They can, to some extent, but drone stockpiles and factories can be targeted and destroyed by conventional means. It is difficult to destroy them ALL, but it is certainly a problem that can be addressed to a degree without taking over the country.
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SideburnsOfDoom 30 days ago
> They can, to some extent, but drone stockpiles and factories can be targeted and destroyed by conventional means.

Every time the US shoots down a Shahed with a Patriot, the US is further from winning. The problem is that the USA is running out of US$4 million patriot missiles long before Iran runs out of $40K shaheed drones. And Iran can restock sooner.

https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/new-report-us-muni...

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3357037/...

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