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Posted by TulsaSooner78
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 11:58 am to
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I am about to ask a really dumb question, so please forgive me if it has already been asked or is just way below the intelligence level of this thread.

As for clearing the SOH, could the US use a Spooky (or whatever they call it, I think AC-130), some Apaches, Seahawks, and A-10 Warthogs, allowing for some other missions and planes to be used for more diverse or needed missions?

I do not know why I think this, and maybe I am foolish, but wouldn't an F-18 or whatever actually be too fast to conduct security and control missions on those boats?


Pretty sure I saw that they are using a variety of aircraft, including helicopters. Those destroyers can accommodate a couple of helicopters, if I'm not mistaken. I think it would be more easy to take out a "small boat" with a helicopter than with a fighter plane.
Posted by BayouBengal51
Forest Hill, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 11:59 am to
Ali Motahri, they are called Mossad. They are pretty good at what they do.

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Ali Larijani’s location was exposed under circumstances that regime insiders themselves find suspicious.

Ali Motahari openly questioned how Larijani - despite moving between safe houses - could have had his whereabouts compromised before being killed in a targeted strike.

Motahari is Larijani’s brother-in-law, as his sister is married to him.

When insiders start asking these questions publicly, it signals more than confusion. It points to possible internal leaks, fractures in trust, and a system where sensitive information may be slipping from within.

It also raises deeper concerns about power struggles inside the Islamic Republic - where rival factions compete behind the scenes, and exposure like this may not be accidental.
Posted by wfallstiger
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Member since Jun 2006
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 12:37 pm to
Because like a dog, they have chipped your a$$e$
Posted by Trevaylin
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:00 pm to
I think Trumps approach this week is pretty slick in restricting the visible US involvement to committing to the ceasefire, and enforcing the blockade. This helps a bunch in managing the democrates and the 60 day rule. Meanwhile if the UAE, Saudi, Isreal, Kuwait or Oman get hit by Iranian missiles or drones, they are released to hit back severely with the best weapons, guidance, target identification etc provided quietly by the US military. What's not to like?
Posted by AndyCBR
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:05 pm to
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I think Trumps approach this week is pretty slick in restricting the visible US involvement to committing to the ceasefire, and enforcing the blockade. This helps a bunch in managing the democrates and the 60 day rule. Meanwhile if the UAE, Saudi, Isreal, Kuwait or Oman get hit by Iranian missiles or drones, they are released to hit back severely with the best weapons, guidance, target identification etc provided quietly by the US military. What's not to like?


I think these are good moves but it remains to be seen whether it will get the desired results in Iran.

In the best possible scenario, Iran's neighbors continue to pound the IRGC and eventually the regime falls from within.

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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:20 pm to
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:21 pm to
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Posted by JellyRoll
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:23 pm to
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:24 pm to
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:24 pm to
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:25 pm to
Posted by BayouBengal51
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:58 pm to
Posted by BayouBengal51
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:59 pm to
Not a good time to boasting about that "Iranian Official":

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Posted by BayouBengal51
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:01 pm to
Posted by BayouBengal51
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:02 pm to
Posted by IvoryBillMatt
Member since Mar 2020
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:04 pm to
Anybody know what the total number of ships
that Operation Freedom has escorted through the Strait?
Posted by Jbird
Shoot the tires out!
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:07 pm to
AI says two

22 have been attacked since this thing started.
Posted by IvoryBillMatt
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:15 pm to
Thx, Jbird. Been appreciating your aviation knowledge and expertise.
Posted by geoag58
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:17 pm to
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What is your data source?


Fadi Shawkat Haddad. He is an author and tour guide in Jordan. We spent a week last November touring Holy Land sites in Jordan. He is my source.

Here is an article about the same thing in Egypt. LINK
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