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Well, first of all, it's no 'surprise', as inferred by the title. We've known that this force and this tactic existed for a very long time.
Frankly, I'm just not convinced that a whole bunch of small and lightly-armed boats could close the range to do a helluva lot to a US combatant. If it looked like they were about to be swarmed, LONG before the leading edge of the Iranian flotilla closed to effective range, the US ship could be calling for help and running and gunning. If pursued, drag 'em all into the WEZs of our other ships. If they do not pursue, we win, and we can hang onto the edge of their WEZ - which will be well inside our effective range - and pick 'em apart.
Not impressed by this force or their tactics.
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- George Orwell
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