Do you see the number of warships we have in the region?A Dance of Deterrence
— Ian Ellis (@ianellisjones) October 24, 2023
- U.S. naval fleet + forces massing near Israel
- IKE carrier strike group redirected to Middle East
- Uptick in attacks from Iranian-backed proxy groups
- Destroyer USS Carney intercepts missiles + drones fired from Yemen
New map, thread, + latest news: pic.twitter.com/WhxJu5LCf0
While I'm proud of the MEU (despite what I consider a diminished ground capability), what catches the eye of the public has been the two carriers.
That's missing the news flash.
What should give Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas more than a little pause is the number of BURKE CLASS DESTROYERS THERE!
We don't build "battleships" anymore but the Burke is for all intents and purposes a modern day "missile" battleship (well it can't take hits like the WWII class but you get the point).
13 Burke's.
Over 90 missiles each.
Let's do simple math and say that each is carrying 45 land attack missiles (yeah that's basic stuff but I have absolutely NO idea what a standard loadout would be for Central Command).
That's 585 missiles to knock the living shit outta whatever the target is.
Don't know how sea combat goes but if you use the missiles from one ship, send it to Rota for replenishment and have it head back afterwards you could get a conga line of ships firing, heading back while the one that just got filled, heads back to fire more and so on and so forth (again I have no idea how they would actually do ANY of this shit...ask Commander Salamander he would know).
That is serious firepower. That's before you even add the airwing to the equation and they have two carriers worth.
The 5 Burke's that were in the area of responsibility but unassigned is deterrence.
Either they're aiming for max deterrence (and it sure looks like it when I look at this armada) or they're really worried about a worse case scenario.
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