Houthis 0, US Navy 3

Those guys have been out to sea for maybe 250 days or more so they need a break. They missed plenty of holidays. No surprise that we will not be backed up by other nations. We can only depend on GB, Aussies, France and maybe Germany. NATO Command here in Norfolk is just a figurehead.
 
tripledipper said:
Those guys have been out to sea for maybe 250 days or more so they need a break. They missed plenty of holidays. No surprise that we will not be backed up by other nations. We can only depend on GB, Aussies, France and maybe Germany. NATO Command here in Norfolk is just a figurehead.
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Long carrier deployments are wearing on the ship, equipment and crew in numerous ways. Even with the best equipment maintenance and crew health care, long days afloat can and do produce a creeping lethargy or lassitude that is obviously detrimental to efficient ship and flight operations, safety and crew health. And this is so even with fine leadership and a well trained, motivated crew. The longer the time a sea, the longer the turn-around to get equipment and crew re-fitted and rested. My longest deployment afloat was 193 days and we were glad to get home.
 
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It's not a tourist paradise, but they're slowly gaining limited governance. They're going to quit security checkpoints in places this month.

On the other hand we had to cancel a major training session because of an in-class typhoid outbreak. Might have been the untreated sewage stream flowing freely along the facility walls.

Remember, if it's PM here, it's mid-AM at your house. :)
 
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Harrison said:
There are those at high levels of our government that are sympathetic towards Iran.
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Yes. More than you think. Not so much sympathy as $$$$$!

But, my comment is that according to Bloomberg, Iran is sending warships to the area where the firefight occurred. This ups the auntie in this. It is only a matter of time before actual Iranian military forces and not just their henchmen enter this conflict. A conflict that I believe Iran wants and will go out of their way to provoke.

My suggestion might be just as provocative: hit Houtsi positions and infrastructure in Yemen and naval ports and military installations on the Iranian coast and hit them hard and brutally using cruise missiles and drones.

Stuff I've seen indicates that aside from a few old submarines, the Iranian Navy consists of four frigates and three corvettes. These ships probably are equipped with at least somewhat modern systems and probably Chinese weapons. Allied forces greatly have the advantage here significantly but NO enemy should ever be underestimated.

In a surface confrontation, I don't see the Iranian Navy lasting long and their subs even less of a chance.

My concern? One or two Iranian subs with a nuke making a suicide mission to either the US or an allied nation. All they have to do is get within range and set it off.
 
They sent an old one, IRIS 72 Alborz, which was upgraded in 2018 with some modern technologies but it better not go up against a Flight III DDG Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer like the DDG122 John Basilone which I saw ready to launch at the Bath Iron Works on the river in Bath, ME.
 
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The Last Standing Knight said:
My concern? One or two Iranian subs with a nuke making a suicide mission to either the US or an allied nation. All they have to do is get within range and set it off.
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And I have no doubt that the Iranians will have no difficulty in raising crews of volunteers to man the Kamikaze subs.
 
Iran has upped the ante. They have sent one of their destroyers into the area, in order to protect friendly boats/shipping. They now have big guns to back up the small boats.
 
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Why not sink the 4th boat? Im not heartless but it was fair game. It's like letting one rat return to the nest.
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Agreed. However, I bet Navy's rules of engagement were defensive and not offensive. Still, Houthis were fools or more likely raving maniacs to fire on US Navy aircraft. Now they're nothing but an oil slick.
 
What's that old saying? "Just keep poking the bear".
 
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