(03-12-2026, 08:39 PM)Ninurta Wrote: Look at the American claim to have "destroyed the Iranian Navy". Yet the Straits of Hormuz still remain closed. So, the US is still destroying Iranian boats... but, wait a damned minute... if the US has already destroyed the Iranian Navy, how is it they can still find Iranian boats to blow up?
Answer: someone is being lied to some where... and in this case, it's us Americans being lied to. Some times, you have to read between the lines to get closer to the truth.
Explanation: Here is a somewhat credible comparison of Iranian Versus USA naval power breakdown that I went and searched for online to answer your question!
https://www.globalmilitary.net/compare/n...rn-vs-usa/
Click ^^^^ on picture to expand and open in another tab or window ok!
But it doesn't answer the question fully as it doesn't detail all the small inflatable Zodiac speedboats that the Iranians might still possess, that can be used to swarm a far larger vessel with. And being armed with RPG7's etc. that may be an ongoing threat to Naval security in the Gulf of Hormuz currently!
Personal Disclosure: By my mere reckoning , I would guestimate that most of the major ships of Iran's Navy are now mostly sunk beyond recognition and that the danger lies in these far smaller vessels that are not worthy of mentioning as Iran's official Naval Capacity, but still do exist as a current and present danger to shipping in those Straits.
