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[–] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

cellular command structure, complete control of the straight with an army that has 1/100th the budget, less than a quarter of the naval fleet of the US, 1/30th the airpower, and has hardly any support in the region compared to pretty much all of europe and the Middle East actively providing support to the US. The U.S. has claimed multiple times it’s stopped Iran’ss ability to fight and that hasn’t been true a single time.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Bro the Iranian navy isn't a quarter of the naval fleet power of a carrier group much less the whole US Navy

Naval comparison gets a little tricky but the best simple statistic is tonnage or you get silly things like Coast Guard speedboats counting the same in the comparison as a modern destroyer.