U.S. intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump's Hormuz blockade for months

26 points
1/21/1970
8 hours ago
by tcp_handshaker

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dotcoma

They should have said it before going to war...

8 hours ago

darkteflon

I’m sure they did. No evidence to suggest there was an intelligence failure, afaik. The failures are, on the evidence, entirely at the, shall we say, executive level.

8 hours ago

dotcoma

You’re telling me that the orange guy did something out of spite and without careful consideration of what could happen? I’m shocked.

30 minutes ago

tim-tday

They did, they even published publicly.

Analysis have been consistent for years: Iran can close the strait of Hormuz indefinitely with minimal effort.

Shippers and their insurers are extremely risk averse. A single dude with a shoulder mounted rocket anywhere in on the coastline is enough to keep ships out.

6 hours ago