Following the initiation of Operation Epic Fury, the White House is claiming a massive strategic victory. But as 20 percent of the world’s oil sits paralyzed at the edge of the Strait of Hormuz, the brutal reality of modern naval warfare is setting in. The US Navy simply refuses to send its multi-billion-dollar Arleigh Burke destroyers into the choke point to escort commercial shipping.
In this video, we break down the terrifying mathematics of “Bomb Alley 2.0.” From the 12-mile radar horizon created by the Zagros mountains that gives US crews less than 60 seconds of warning against incoming subsonic anti-ship missiles, to the hard mathematical limits of VLS cells against 20,000-dollar drone swarms.
As Washington demands allied assistance and European nations flatly refuse, the political deadlock deepens. We look back at the Royal Navy’s Type 42/Type 22 picket line during the Falklands War to understand the brutal cost of acting as a “missile sponge,” and examine why the White House is terrified of taking that same gamble today. The era of maritime supremacy may be facing its absolute physical limit.
Let us know in the comments: If you were the US commander, would you risk a $2 billion destroyer to cover the Marines and tankers, or is the era of the amphibious assault and surface fleet officially over in constrained waters?
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00:00 INTRODUCTION
00:41 THE POLITICAL DEADLOCK
04:09 THE ARITHMETIC OF DRONE WARFARE
06:25 BOMB ALLEY 2.0
11:05 SUMMARY
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