At current claimed rate of expenditures, the US forces in the region will be dry of defensive missiles inside of a week. Meanwhile, the Iranians set up their offensive systems to revert to local control if leadership dropped out of the loop.
That's why we threw in the towel with the Houthis. It seems like we might do the same with Iran, but a logistical pothole is hardly a devastating loss for the US.
It very much is a devastating loss of say, the Lincoln were sunk.
Nevermind that we've been having huge problems with sustainment of munitions thanks to throwing away two decades worth of stockpiles in the goddamn Ukraine.
Spoiler, we're not. The United States' war planning under Obama can be summarized as "gut the lot of it" and we didn't seriously pursue hypersonic missile technology. Not using it or defeating it.
I blame the Air Force. They're a bunch of attention hogs and the idea of fire support that isn't airplanes is something they've rallied against for decades.
The Russian ones are top of class but even the shitty Iranian copies can crack a carrier in half and there isn't much we can do about it.
What I don't see most people talking about, on TD but even here, is the supply portion of this.
The Iranians have expended 8% or less of their long range stockpile. We've expended 45% of ours, and even more of our counter air.
Since the decapitation strike succeeded at killing political leadership but wasn't relevant to defeating the fighting capability of the enemy, well.
At current claimed rate of expenditures, the US forces in the region will be dry of defensive missiles inside of a week. Meanwhile, the Iranians set up their offensive systems to revert to local control if leadership dropped out of the loop.
And also most of their command and control are still giving orders.
That's why we threw in the towel with the Houthis. It seems like we might do the same with Iran, but a logistical pothole is hardly a devastating loss for the US.
It very much is a devastating loss of say, the Lincoln were sunk.
Nevermind that we've been having huge problems with sustainment of munitions thanks to throwing away two decades worth of stockpiles in the goddamn Ukraine.
Well, that's a whole new ball of wax. I would hope our fleet is capable of defending peer or near-peer level threats to a carrier, but we'll see.
Spoiler, we're not. The United States' war planning under Obama can be summarized as "gut the lot of it" and we didn't seriously pursue hypersonic missile technology. Not using it or defeating it.
I blame the Air Force. They're a bunch of attention hogs and the idea of fire support that isn't airplanes is something they've rallied against for decades.
The Russian ones are top of class but even the shitty Iranian copies can crack a carrier in half and there isn't much we can do about it.