Post #76562 by Dope1 on the US Policy board

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Enough to seize tankers and effectively enforce Iran's closure of the strait, in conjunction with their land-based drones and missiles.

Okay, so a couple of guys with their Mercury outboards, then.

They've got enough of a Navy to be an effective choke on tanker and merchant vessel traffic. Since those appear to be their strategic goals right now, it looks like they've got all the Navy they need for this phase of the war....

I know. We're so doomed, right? Just nothing the United States can do at this point.

Except...keep the blockade going until Iran is using every last 50-gallon drum and tupperware container they have to store the oil they're not shipping anywhere.

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