[EQAndyBuzz]

“This is OUR biz, HOW, exactly..?”

30% of the worlds oil passes through the straight of Hormuz. If anything happens to interrupt that flow, imagine what will happen next.

An American aircraft carrier group is parking itself there to protect that flow of oil. Would you prefer the Russians or Chinese do it instead of us?

[gaijin]

The Chinese aircraft carrier is barely operational. It's in NO condition to undertake real world flight ops in a risky area, to say nothing of the Straits of Hormuz.

When you say Russia, you mean...Kusnetov..?

You mean THIS carrier..?

[sparklite2]

Ships in the Strait of Hormuz with little room
to maneuver are sitting ducks to portable shore
launched anti-ship missiles, such as the Yakhont and Sunburns. Don’t be there.