[hardspunned]

So? The point is they are much, much, much more powerful. You can kiss that Israeli armor goodbye. Have you been watching what’s happened to both sides’ armor in Ukraine? Have you watched the USN be totally embarrassed by the Houthis? Hezbollah is not the Houthis. Those Iranian hypersonics would put a USN carrier on the bottom of the Mediterranean.

[Uncle Miltie]

Why do you always find yourself on the side opposing Western Civilization and on the side of islamist and communists?

[Uncle Miltie]

Are you a muslim?

Are you a communist?

If not, how could anyone ever tell by your postings?

[Paul R.]

No ship actually being escorted by US destroyers near Yemen has been hit by a Houthi Iranian missile. Nor have any of our other warships in the area been hit.

Moreover, US carriers are built to take hits. Far different from cargo ships.

Now, could a time-on-target attack of 40 or 50 Iranian hypersonic missiles get some through and cause critical damage to a US carrier escorted by 2-3 of our destroyers? Possibly. But Iran has shown no such capability.

So far, the main problems for the US around Yemen are:

1) No political will to impose a blockade, so we are allowing the Houthis to resupply.

2) No political will to cause the Iranians enough pain to cease and desist. Historically, when we do so, they do.

3) Cost of AD missiles.

[Paul R.]

Further, if Israel is really hard pressed and the US fails to back them up, Bibi will dust off a couple nukes.