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Google Advanced AI says there's a 90% chance there's a sustained aerial blockade and a 60- 70% chance of Physical Seizure/Occupation
ananda
(35,274 posts)Wow
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,918 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(101,918 posts)Now the Artesh is fighting on two fronts.
ananda
(35,274 posts)???
dweller
(28,486 posts)In the Gulf of Hormuz
welp, here we go
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sarisataka
(22,707 posts)I guessed wrong
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mwmisses4289
(4,351 posts)Is the u.s./isreal coalition planning on trying to take this place? Or is it the irgc?
Edited to add: not to make light of serious issue, but that islands name sounds rather like something from the klingon language.
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,918 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,351 posts)Escalating the war. Great.
sarisataka
(22,707 posts)happen to say what forces would be used to seize the island?
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,918 posts)To answer your question-the 82nd Airborne Division.
sarisataka
(22,707 posts)-Airborne troops can seize an objective but holding it is another matter without further ground support. The British learned that during Operation Market-Garden
-There is no military or strategic purpose to seizing the island. Oil already has stopped moving, we would not in any way be able to use the terminal and the damage to the facilities from fighting could be accomplished with air strikes if the goal is to put it out of action for an extended time.
I have no faith the current administration knows or cares about either of these points.