Subject: Re: About Iran’s Navy “At the Bottom of the Sea”
Hey, if that's all you need to get the job done, then that's all you need. That's part of why, despite the decades of war planning, no one figured out how to "solve" the Strait of Hormuz problem. It doesn't take much to close it to civilian transport, and because it takes very little to close it there's no practical way to defend against that.


Except route the oil demand away from it.
https://www.iraq-businessnews....

Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced that exports via the Kirkuk-Fishkhabour-Turkey pipeline are expected to resume soon, initially with limited volumes.

The Ministry said the pipeline, which has a total capacity of 1.6 million barrels per day (bpd), will be brought back into service following completion of hydrostatic testing.

Saheb Al-Bazoun, spokesperson for the Ministry, confirmed that tanker-based exports to Syria, reaching the port of Baniyas, are continuing in parallel.



Their strategy is that they can endure the pain for far longer than the U.S. and its allies can.

Sure is! I'd way rather have their economy than ours.