It is presumptuous and dangerous to dismiss the Iranian threat to the big blue water capital ships in the narrow confines of the Persian Gulf. An attack by speedboats or helicopters can probably be easily be repelled. However the real threat is the modern Chinese made shore to ship missiles with which the Iranians have fortified the Gulf. Those missiles will have a flight time of less than twenty seconds. It is no certain that the ship’s defensive systems can stop them all. The lives of more than ten thousand brave young sailors are at risk.
The pompous narcissists Obama and Kerry have acquiesced to the mad “death loving” mullahs of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. Netanyahu will do what he has to do. He does not have the luxury of embracing delusions. He is the secular leader and defender of the Jewish people. He is determined not to make the same tragic error the German Jewish leaders made in the 1920’s. Then they had the power and means to eliminate Hitler and his thugs. They did not. War with Iran is now a strategic necessity for Israel.
Obama should end the charade. There are many scenarios in which the US will become engaged willingly or unwillingly once the shooting starts. He ought to withdraw those ships from the Persian Gulf deathtrap. The US Navy faces a debacle worse than Pearl Harbor in less than fifteen minutes. Those brave young sailors should not become the victims of abysmal leadership and policies.
I’m not dismissing it, I’m just offering an opinion on the video.
Since I work for the Navy as an evil contractor, I have a fair amount of insight into the amount of calories and cash that get assigned to Iran’s swarming boat attack concept as well as the high speed land based missiles not shown in the video.
The video’s a joke, the tactics and some of the systems not shown are not.