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11.03.2026 08:50
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Well "played"...see what I did?
What has caused the most damage to the US Navy since WWII? MINES!
More importantly, for commercial shipping, this threat will keep them in port, inside the Strait of Hormuz, and prevent any ship from running it, without the Navy first demonstrating it is cleared.
Everyone, there is no need to panic about mines.
The Navy has kept four mine countermeasure vessels in the Persian Gulf for the past 35 years.
WAIT...what is that?
The minesweepers just arrived in the US to be decommissioned, but we have 3 Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) that took their place.
Please tell me this wasn't a Marine, because it makes the case that we should've kept CAOCL.
My book title still seems like it will work out: Bombing to Find a Reason.
I just still love the fact that they bought the Brahmos in part to tell the U.S. that they'll do what they want for sea denial and not be subject to end use agreements for U.S. manufactured systems.
Those guys are both certifiable and undisputed geniuses at the same time.
Look, I am not about promoting this but there are some interesting reasons to put a fires and/or air defense EAB out in the world between Iran and some shipping.
They have a habit of blaming staffers about media posts in this Admin don't they?
We have uncontrolled Tomahawks running around in the world ready for some false flag operation? You'd think some super secret operation would be going down to recover that. There isn't? Why not? Because its a made up BS by a President lying to the public? We're doing something about that? Okay.
Half joking, but the power plants are traditionally very touchy and there are 2 guys left who know how to run them. That is my round about way of saying, I wish I knew.
Just sayin'
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Ladies and gentlemen, your MCM fleet. Don't count on that LCS MCM module any time soon.
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I don't know what we are bitching about. As long as they are recognized combatants and present some kind of ID they can vote and buy booze.
Because the don't see clearing the mines as their problem. Their almost all floating/drift mines.
Clearing Q routes is a helluva an operational drug.
Hormuz Disruptions, US Navy Escort Plans (or lack of) and Impact on Global Trade
1⃣Strait of Hormuz Update: March 10, 2026
2⃣Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Caine Statement on Escorts
3⃣UNCTAD Report on Hormuz Shipping Disruptions
Video: youtu.be/fOXgrG0Ea44
In a few months we'll be hearing about how he's saved at least 8 or 9 waterways from violent fish and should be getting the Nobel Fish Prize. However, only Bassmasters will produce one for him.
This is an important conversation that should have a wider audience. Every time there is a war, there are working families who lose everything, and companies, and individuals that reap immense profits.
Oh, THAAAATTTT corner.
Hey, Collin, if you were a Tokyo Dome ice cream sandwich, would you eat yourself? I know I would. Dipped in chocolate sauce. I'd be delicious.
He'll win over the police union before he wins over the publisers/editors of the NYT who feel they've lost access because *gasp* the people chose someone they didn't like or could influence.
Two weeks ago on the 4th anniversary of #Russia’s full invasion of #Ukraine I got to attend the “Games of War” #wargaming conference. Here’s what I learned H/T @armchairdragoons.bsky.social:
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I'll like that comment any day, but is this a CP post or something else?
My first appearance on the Unauthorized History of the Pacific War talking about Fast Oilers and Logistics in the Pacific War.
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Yes, jackass, Obama did say the Iranians couldn't have a nuclear weapon and had an agreement that Mattis confirmed was making effective progress. We're here because your boss tore up the agreement & never understood their program.
Oh look, SEC*WAR* & the CJCS aren't doing a briefing, rather some weird tribute and dramatic reading akin to "slipping the surly bonds". Sweet goodness.
Oh look, the inefficiency/ineffectiveness produced by DOGE and Vought personnel cuts will be fixed by using AI. (In a normal world you have the replacement ready before reducing the workforce & you don't go straight to hopium as the plan).
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The reporter who followed up on him insinuating that the Iranians have a Tomahawk that they false flagged on the school was awesome. He literally had to admit he made it up in public.
Where did you find Thiel's transhuman manifesto?