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James48

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9. The range is a Chinese Silkworm missile

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 02:31 AM

17 hrs ago

Is more than the distance across the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran can easily hit a tanker, or a Destroyer. We have only so much ammo to defend with. Once we are out of standard missiles, we’re screwed.

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Iran's Guards challenges Trump to have US Navy escort oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz [View all] vanessa_ca 22 hrs ago OP

This isnt going to be six weeks or six months.... Klarkashton 22 hrs ago #1

Yes and Nasser showed the world in 1956 moniss 21 hrs ago #2

Ridiculous sarisataka 21 hrs ago #3

The combination of mines and ships would do just fine and moniss 20 hrs ago #5

You are not taking depth into account sarisataka 20 hrs ago #6

The range is a Chinese Silkworm missile James48 17 hrs ago #9

They could plant mines all over the place IronLionZion 20 hrs ago #4

And they have the stockpile to do it. Stryst 17 hrs ago #8

And here come the mines... Stryst 18 hrs ago #7