Once you use mines, you have to assume there is always mines.
Correct, which is the incentive for Iran to claim this is a sea mine. They would like ships to believe the Omani route being used by US CentCom is mined
Im speculating on the possibilities and the futility of the use of force.
It would seriously take very little work to disable a ship with small mines, IEDs, whatever you want to call them. The Cole took serious damage as a war ship with a small craft and IED.
Even the threat, possibility, or sheer greed will drive insurance companies to raise rates.
This wasn’t even an IED, it was a projectile per the article.
Iran is a large mountainous country, with tons of places to hide launchers, all within range of the strait. And unlike Afghanistan, it’s a very well educated country capable of producing its own sophisticated weapons. There’s a reason Russia of all countries turned to them for help against Ukraine.
These aren’t improvised explosives, they’re carefully engineered. There’s a reason why the west has long avoided direct confrontation with Iran, most recognized the tar baby situation a war would cause. They’re not some country utterly reliant on cold war stockpiles to conduct war.
I understand. What Im saying is regardless they can keep this up indefinitely through far cheaper means. No amount of destruction can stop it, military intervention cant stop it, nothing can. Until they are done.
IEDs are cheap and easy. This will go one as long as they want. Nothing can be done about it now.
Once you use mines, you have to assume there is always mines. Oil prices will never go down now. Insurances companies will see to that.
IEDs are not being used in this war so far
You can not use an IED sea mine. They need to meet some specific engineering requirements to be effective
Evidence indicates this was a projectile attack, not a sea mine as Iran claimed
Correct, which is the incentive for Iran to claim this is a sea mine. They would like ships to believe the Omani route being used by US CentCom is mined
Im speculating on the possibilities and the futility of the use of force.
It would seriously take very little work to disable a ship with small mines, IEDs, whatever you want to call them. The Cole took serious damage as a war ship with a small craft and IED.
Even the threat, possibility, or sheer greed will drive insurance companies to raise rates.
This wasn’t even an IED, it was a projectile per the article.
Iran is a large mountainous country, with tons of places to hide launchers, all within range of the strait. And unlike Afghanistan, it’s a very well educated country capable of producing its own sophisticated weapons. There’s a reason Russia of all countries turned to them for help against Ukraine.
These aren’t improvised explosives, they’re carefully engineered. There’s a reason why the west has long avoided direct confrontation with Iran, most recognized the tar baby situation a war would cause. They’re not some country utterly reliant on cold war stockpiles to conduct war.
Wow, that is the first time I’ve seen that word used in the non-slur sense.
I understand. What Im saying is regardless they can keep this up indefinitely through far cheaper means. No amount of destruction can stop it, military intervention cant stop it, nothing can. Until they are done.
Guess I picked the perfect time to switch to electric