You don’t need an A-10 to chase a Shaheed drone. An Apache does just fine. Flies faster and carries lots of rounds. Detecting it’s small footprint may be an issue but I’ve seen war footage of Arab armies shooting these things down. And yes, the Iranian are launching them at civilians in the gulf. So, I would not be surprised if they tried to shoot and blow up their own oil reserves especially if the Island is held by US Marines/Navy.
In any case, taking the island seems like just minor escalation. The island is mostly useless as long as the Straits are closed. I suppose if the Iranians are pumping oil back inland we can shut that down. Otherwise, it’s just an island holding millions of barrels of oil doing nothing for anybody.
Our Army and Navy have fielded drone killing lasers.
“The island is mostly useless as long as the Straits are closed”
You are wrong, in two ways, first the Straight is not closed it’s closed to USA and Israeli ships , China, India and Pakistan have all had ships with their AIS beacons on transit right near the Iranian coast outside the normal lane and with full Iranian permission.
Secondly see point one as long as Iran let’s their ships and buddies ships go through that island is funding their regime.
That island is going to capturned or destroyed it’s the only way to starve the mullahs. The choice is Marines on the ground or AF blowing it to bits but either way the oil must stop flowing under their control.