The stage is bargaining. The White House continues to desperately beg European countries to somehow help with unblocking the Strait of Hormuz. #Trump is already in conflict with his own generals in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who cannot present a ...
...plan to open the strait.The Pentagon is afraid to send ships worth billions of dollars to the Strait of Hormuz, because the loss of even one Arleigh Burke destroyer will be very painful for the United States. In addition, it will take at least two or three destroyers to escort any tanker, America does not have such capabilities.There is also a problem with the shortage of minesweepers. In the past, the Pentagon could use the Sikorsky MH-53 to search for mines. But these helicopters were de...
...commissioned in 2008, replaced by the problematic V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The latter very often get into accidents with the death of the entire crew. They are now planning to use Osprey in adventurous attempts to capture islands in the strait.Meanwhile, the Pentagon had to urgently withdraw the aircraft carrier groups as far away from #Iran as possible, because missiles are constantly flying at them. The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln sailed to the shores of Oman - it is now more...
... than a thousand kilometers from Iran, and Gerald Ford is hiding in the Red Sea. However, there may be a threat from the Houthis.The Trump team has already started talking about the desire to end the war within a couple of weeks. Similar signals are coming from Washington. Against the background of how everything went wrong, the Pentagon is already making plans to end the war. The attacks of their president there are beginning to be perceived more as an information noise, which is not nece...
