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US was escorting tankers during the 1980s in the Persian Gulf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanker_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanker_war
by m4rtink 8mo ago
US was escorting tankers during the 1980s in the Persian Gulf:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanker_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanker_war
- DeRock 8mo agoAnd right in line with the OP you responded to, that was 40 years ago
- roughly 8mo agoAs a note on this: it only worked because neither party wanted to start a war with the US. US naval escort during times of war - especially modern drone- and missile-based war - is just putting more eggs in the basket.
- burnt-resistor 8mo agoThat was a completely different time when the US Navy had around 600 ships.
- valcker 7mo agoThere were no drones back then and it's a real game-changer for asymmetric warfare.