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Bluetus

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6. The crazy thing is that there is a 50-mile corridor where Iran has clear missle shots at any ships

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:01 PM

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It doesn't matter how many British, French or Chinese ships you put into that channel, Iran has a free shot at all of them.

Trump is talking about putting Marines on the Khark oil terminal. They could destroy the terminal. But having 1000 marines on that little island does nothing for opening ship traffic. Khark is 300 miles from the choke point of Hormuz. The only way you can guarantee safe ship passage is to put troops on the ground all along Iran's Persian Gulf / Gulf of Oman coastline, and that will probably take 25,000 troops.

I don't know how many gun placements Iran has there, but I bet it is a lot.

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