Monday, 4 May 2026
US Navy overworked in Gulf
The US Navy hasn't been so busy for a long time. First, two carrier strike groups and guided-missile destroyers were heasvily involved in Operation Epic Fury, hitting targets in Iran, then Donald Trump wanted a naval blockade, so off went the destroyers to block all Iranian ports along the Gulf waterway, and now, as from today, the same destroyers are starting to escort and protect hundreds of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. How can there be enough destroyers in the area to carry out all these tasks? I rechon there can't be more than a dozen guided-missile destroyers available for these missions, unless the Pentagon finds a lot more and redeploys them to the region. Iran has said that escorting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz which they claim for their own, is an act of war and will break the ceasefire. But Trump has called it an act of humanity which it pretty much is. These ships and their crews have been stuck for weeks and they are running out of food. So, Trump is right. But Iran could well start to attack US warships who dare to go through the strait. Then it's all back to war. Trump won't stand for that and he will probably declare an end to the ceasefire and restart bombing of any targets still left untouched. Either way, the shooting is bound to start once again.
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