And yet the U.S. navy is unable to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has no reason to take down a U.S. ship. In fact, it will try and avoid it as

And yet the U.S. navy is unable to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has no reason to take down a U.S. ship. In fact, it will try and avoid it as much as possible because taking down a ship would be an insult the U.S. would have to respond to with an incredible escalation of violence. The purpose of the Shahed drones arsenal right now is to allow Iran to control the Strait of Hormuz, which it is achieving despite many promises/threats by the U.S. to wrest control from Iran, and to economically damage the US’s partners in the Middle East so they contribute pressuring the U.S. to end the war. Thats also something Iran is achieving.