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gulliver

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2. So you don't use an aircraft carrier.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 12:18 PM

Yesterday

You use, say, a swarm of drones controlled by a combination of human operators and computers.

They recently had a giant "light show skull thing" drawn on the night sky over Hollywood by thousands of computer controlled drones. Everyone has seen one of those shows by now.

On edit: That's the not-too-distant future. I wouldn't want to be in a speed boat crew working for the Iranian Islamic Republic. The arch-bigoted, thuggish, moronic, billionaire oligarchs in that regime sit comfortably far away from the fun.

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Ben Rhodes - An aircraft carrier cannot stop a speedboat from closing the Strait of Hormuz. [View all] Swede Yesterday OP

An aircraft carrier doesn't have to be able to stop a speedboat, because it is accompanied by other ships that can. mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #1

And yet they are doing it. Swede Yesterday #3

So you don't use an aircraft carrier. gulliver Yesterday #2

Someone on the deck of the aircraft carrier with a rifle could do it. Munu Yesterday #4

You really think an aircraft carrier is gonna go into Strait of Hormuz? Swede Yesterday #6

I was thinking in terms of the speedboat attacking the carrier ... Munu Yesterday #9

The guys blowing up Venezuelan fishermen in the Caribbean would be of more use in the Strait of Hormuz. sop Yesterday #5

;-{) Aircraft Carrier Small Boat Defense: Phalanx CIWS & MK 38 MOD 3 25 mm Goonch Yesterday #7

I stand corrected. Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #8

The carriers will not go close to the strait, unless they are suicidal. Swede Yesterday #10