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Blackvegetable » 12 minutes ago » wrote: ↑

12 minutes ago

The U.S. Navy Independence class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara, which are configured for minesweeping duties, have appeared in port in Malaysia. Both of these ships were last known to be forward-deployed in the Middle East, having arrived in Bahrain in the past year or so to take the place of a group of now-decommissioned Avenger class mine hunters.

Now, as Iranian attacks on commercial ships have caused a virtual halt to maritime traffic through the highly strategic Strait of Hormuz, these ships have emerged thousands of miles away. The extent to which Iran has seeded naval mines in the Strait already is unclear, but this remains a huge threat to the future security of the waterway and will have to be taken into account in any future effort to reopen this critical waterway.

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Undeniably the worst POTUS ever..

The funniest thing about all this mine hysteria is that ships are currently sailing right through the straight without a hitch - provided they are chinee, or are willing to settle their debts in Yuan.           

Those who do not meet this condition? Yeah - they are unwilling to even give it a try. The nose knows...

I see real opportunity in Trumps retard-party for the europeans. I mean, those ships backed up and sitting there with no place to go create a buyers' market if anything ever did.