Can the U.S. Navy actually secure the Strait of Hormuz?

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Why the world’s most powerful navy can’t secure a 21-mile gap

The Strait of Hormuz is only two shipping lanes wide.

But here’s the thing… Iran lined both sides with decades of preparation: naval mines, mobile missile batteries on the coast, swarms of fast-attack boats, and cheap drones that don’t show up on radar until it’s too late.

The U.S. Navy was built to dominate open oceans against conventional fleets.

Hormuz is a narrow alley where a speedboat with a missile can hit a destroyer before it has time to react.

That’s why three weeks in, oil is still stuck and the Pentagon says escorts are “too dangerous.”

Iran turned geography into a weapon the U.S. can’t outspend.

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