You think that this is some kind of a threat. We have already proved we can delete what passes for the Iranian Navy without taking any casualties.
We are about to have three Carrier Strike Groups in the area. Any one of which is more capable than your all of your air power.
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is in the eastern Med. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is in the Gulf of Aden. And the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is in Singapore.
I don't know how Iran thinks they are going to 'close' the Mediterranean Sea but we have some very powerful drain cleaners to open it and keep it open.
SpyNavy
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
everything you say is true...it still requires a “go” from the same people(person) who wouldn’t give a Marine sniper the ok to take out a suicide bomber who ended up killing 11 Marines, a Navy Corpsman and an Army Special Forces...