Blocking the Strait of Hormuz sounds easier than it would be.
It’s not a canal.
You could block it for awhile with a naval force and artillery, but both of those can be taken out by superior forces.
Somehow I’m reminded of the scene in Blazing Saddles where
the sheriff holds a gun to his head and says, “Anybody move
and the Sheriff gets it.”
Does Amadinijad think he can blockade the gulf while his tankers continue to travel freely? I got news for him.
What if we WANT to blockade the gulf?
All we have to do is launch some attack against Iran and they will do it for us. Hahahaha.
I’d say they could, at best, block it for a day. Their navy considers a speedboat a warship. The biggest potential threat would be mining which should be relatively easy to detect and stop.
I’d say a pipeline to get oil out via a less dangerous waterway would be advisable, but it’s hard to think of a country to run it through that I’d want having more power. I wouldn’t even trust Turkey with that much additional power.