So there might be a mine warfare situation in DAYS not weeks or months and the US tried and true mine sweepers are on the wrong side of the globe right now.
The US Navy is not without a solution.
Enter the littoral combat ship, the biggest boondoggle of weapons program run by the Navy in recent memory.
An untested ship that is best known for having a haul that spontaneously cracks apart.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship
#MineSweeper #Iran #StraitOfHormuz #USNavy #LittoralCombatShip
BREAKING: An entire US KC-135 "Stratotanker" has crashed over Iraq
The entire six member crew is feared dead. This marks the fourth loss of a US plane.
This plane costs about $11k per hour to operate and the purchase price was $26M to $50M per aircraft.
#EpicFail - Yesterday Trump encouraged tankers to run the Iranian blockade.
This morning we were greeted by videos shot by the first tanker crew to take Trump's advice... showing the crew clinging to life rafts watching the smoking wreck of their ship.
#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #Shipping #Oil #KhameneiAssassination #US #trump
The US base in Fujairah, UAE was seen being struck around 1am on March 11th, which has become routine.
Video filmed by sailors showed 4-6 US missile interceptors missing the incoming Iranian missile before it struck the base.
Costing a minimum of $16M in failed interceptors.