One thing the US military does really well is to have generally solid shit. Sure MRE's may not compare well to france's MRE's but we also have a way bigger military that, y'know, actually does shit.
>MRE's
>Solid shit
Accurate.
Some speculation that, rather than taking an island, the Marine unit could be involved in helping clear the Strait of drones and speedboats.
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Drones: Not so much; helos don't do well in air-to-air. But maybe. Strap those done-killer hydras on them.
Speedboats: Almost certainly.
Siri, Abu Musa and Tunb might be an option. Further away from the mainland, outside of artillery range most likely. But that would be more to clear it for shipping, and deny it for the enemy if they even have troops present.
Could be. The us might also just clear the islands and vamoose.
To be fair, Swiss neutrality is a pretty consistent position lmao
They also aren't in NATO so I am not mad at the swiss for being consistent.
Im surprised Macron hasn't sent Rafaels to redeem the jets reputation after they got raped by the Paki chink jets during the skirmish with India.
You assume putting Rafales in this operation would redeem them.
The IDF struck the headquarters of the Nepalese battalion operating within UNIFIL in Hay Al-Mufailha, Meiss El Jabal, southern Lebanon.
Let's be face it: The Nepalese had it coming.
Scared of facing elimination by the Israeli Air Force, the Basij paramilitary forces of the IRGC terrorist organization have set up their roadblocks inside the tunnels of Tehran. This footage, recorded by a citizen journalist, shows one of these roadblocks in Hakim Tunnel in Tehran tonight.
This is what winning looks like.
Military analyst Hasan Piker explains why it's impossible to take Kharg Island:
He's not wrong about needing to deny the Iranians the coast line
He is a fucking retard who has never heard of seaborne resupply because he is a moron.
Also even if we take the USN out of the equation, yes I'm certain the nation that ran the Berlin Airlift can't supply a couple battalions via airdrop.
And then we take it in a day or so
I feel like an island in the modern age is probably the easiest target to take depending on the size. Coastline is another issue entirely though.
Taking the island would be easy. Holding it will be hard.
What's the point of bombing Kharg Island and then announcing that you did so if you don't already have Marines or whatever swarming the place? Feels like it gives the IRGC time to prepare. Might it indicate that physical occupation is less likely?
Negotiation. Stop attacking shipping or we shut off your pumps, and wipes out the military installations to demonstrate ability. You re also putting China and any other nation on notice that Kharg is about to be a military target and now all those tankers have thier insurance policies canceled if they fill up there.
And why is directly shutting down Kharg Island the way to go compared to, say, blockading access to it through the Gulf of Oman? Is it because the latter would be considered a direct aggro against China when their ships are stopped?
Ships will run the blockade and the US, strictly speaking, has no legal right to stop Chinese ships from loading oil sold by the still legitimate government.
Blockading would also put the ships of the blockade at risk from shore-launched anti-ship missiles or speedboat swarms.
All of these issues are solved by dropping a couple 2000-lb bombs on the pumps.
