6/11
There’s another layer most are missing:
Movement appears constrained.
Th routes likely avoided known mine risk areas.
So even “successful” transits weren’t free movement.
They were managed exposure under cover of the US Navy.
#MCM #HormuzMines #ProjectFreedom 7/11
There was talk of returning to the Kuwaiti-style escorts.
That 1980s tanker escort comparison doesn’t hold.
This is not the same fight:
Cheap drones
Swarm tactics
Layered missile threat
And we don’t train merchant fleets for convoy warfare anymore.
#History #Shipping