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sarisataka

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3. Ridiculous

Reply to moniss (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:55 PM

23 hrs ago

the Suez Canal is roughly 300m wide and 24m deep

The shipping lanes of the Strait are 6400m wide and can be over 700m deep.

It would take sinking thousands of ships to attempt to block the Strait of Hormuz

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Iran's Guards challenges Trump to have US Navy escort oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz [View all] vanessa_ca Yesterday OP

This isnt going to be six weeks or six months.... Klarkashton Yesterday #1

Yes and Nasser showed the world in 1956 moniss Yesterday #2

Ridiculous sarisataka 23 hrs ago #3

The combination of mines and ships would do just fine and moniss 22 hrs ago #5

You are not taking depth into account sarisataka 22 hrs ago #6

The range is a Chinese Silkworm missile James48 20 hrs ago #9

They could plant mines all over the place IronLionZion 23 hrs ago #4

And they have the stockpile to do it. Stryst 20 hrs ago #8

And here come the mines... Stryst 20 hrs ago #7