Posted on Jul 26, 2019
British navy to escort ships through Strait of Hormuz
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The move isn’t a viable long-term solution given the volume of traffic through the vital oil shipping lane and strained British naval resources, experts said.
British navy to escort ships through Strait of Hormuz
Posted from nbcnews.com
Shipping
United Kingdom
Persian/Arabian Gulf
Iran
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I was on the Midway when we did Earnest Will Operations in 1987-88. Every American flagged ship got an armed escort with air cover, and a lot of allied cargo ships got reflagged American. It kept the Iranians at bay. They couldn’t launch an aircraft out of Bandar Abbas without it being met by an F-14, then later an F/A-18. I don’t know if the Brits have the depth to continue that type operation, or if they have as part of their mission “keeping the sea lanes open”.
Good for them!
Good for them!
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