All of this huffing and puffing is very nonsensical and quite dangerous. Iran attacks would do minimal ship damage at worst, but $1.2 billion worth of oil pass through the Strait of Homuz every day and a oil tanker is a sitting duck for attack. Navy is unworried about attacks from Iran. can easily do the same but cooler heads prevailed on the U.S. Israel conducts air attacks on Iran with impunity and the U.S. Iran would have had zero chance of defending itself. would have been in the form of SSGN submarine and Surface ship Cruise missiles and fighter jet air bombardment from U.S. Iran responded with a missile attack on Al Asad Airbase in Iraq. Trump (for some unknown reason) killed Iran's most powerful general, Quasem Soleimani with a drone attack. You have this bizarre idea that Iran U.S. Military advisors told US forces ib the region would be crushed.* * Rob wrote **I like the bravado but unfortunately for the US navy, it's not more than that. The flotilla is believed to have included ships that took part in a joint drill conducted by China and Russia in the Sea of Japan in mid-October.īoth straits are international waters and foreign ships are allowed to pass through freely.īut Kishi said the passage of the Chinese and Russian naval vessels "clearly demonstrates the increasingly severe security environment surrounding Japan" and that "such developments must be closely monitored from the viewpoint of regional peace and stability."įoreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said at a separate press conference that Japan told the two countries through diplomatic channels it has a "strong interest" in such activity in surrounding waters. "We believe this was a show of force toward Japan." "This is the first time we have confirmed activity on such a large scale and over such a long period," Kishi said at a press conference.
On Saturday, they passed through the Osumi Strait south of Kyushu before continuing into the East China Sea. Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Tuesday a joint Chinese and Russian naval flotilla seen recently around Japan displays an unprecedented "show of force" that underscores the growing list of security challenges in the region.įive Chinese ships and five Russian ships on Monday last week sailed together through the Tsugaru Strait between Hokkaido and Japan's main island of Honshu into the Pacific Ocean.