Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Iran does this periodically, the fact that they can disrupt commercial shipping (oil) in the SoH is their claim to fame and lever to get attention.
They also know if they ever actually do it they wouldn't have a navy or much of an air force left afterwards.
Perhaps so, but the US Navy is going to have to get its act together with regard to ship numbers, maintenance, and crew training. Quality and technological superiority can only do so much. Numbers count too, and those numbers aren't that great.