#destroyers — Public Fediverse posts
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Iran confirms missile, drone attack on US destroyers near Strait of Hormuz
Tarek ChouirefFriday May 8, 2026 Iran confirmed early Friday that it had launched a large-scale missile and drone…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #attack #confirms #DESTROYERS #drone #geopolitics #hormuz #Iran #missile #Near #of #ON #strait #US
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North Korea’s Naval Power Surge: Strategic Missile Trials and New Destroyers https://www.byteseu.com/?p=1937460 #AntiWarshipMissiles #ChoeHyon #Conflicts #destroyers #KCNA #KimJongUn #MissileTest #NavalCapabilities #NorthKorea #NuclearDeterrent #StrategicMissiles
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“In October 1987, I transited the #StraitOfHormuz on the bridge of the frigate #HMSAndromeda. We were watched from less than a mile away by an Iranian warship as Ian Stewart, the armed forces minister of the day, decried them as “pirates”.
Later that day, we transferred on to one of the four counter-measures vessels that had been dispatched to clear the waters off #Dubai of Iranian mines. At that time, the #ArmillaPatrol consisted of four or five #destroyers or #frigates, four of those minehunters and three or four support vessels.
Today there are no Royal Navy ships in the #Gulf, after its #Bahrain based squadron was run down to save money and allow sailors to be deployed elsewhere. The last of the #minehunters returned to #Britain in January.
Back in 1987, at the time of my visit to the Gulf, the #RoyalNavy had 50 #destroyers and frigates, 21 #submarines and three #AircraftCarriers. Today it has 13 of those large surface ships, nine subs and two carriers.”
Rule Britannia, no more. ⚓️
<https://thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/strait-hormuz-reopen-royal-navy-sfphbgns5> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/pEJGJ>
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The USS Abraham Lincoln #AircraftCarrier & 3 guided-missile #destroyers arrived in the #MiddleEast >2 weeks ago.
It marks a quick turnaround for the USS Ford, which #Trump sent from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caribbean last Oct as the admin built up a huge #military presence prior to the surprise raid that captured Venezuelan President #Maduro.
It appears at odds with Trump’s #NationalSecurity strategy, which put an emphasis on the #WesternHemisphere…. [not really, he wants a war, any #war.]
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https://ko-fi.com/post/USS-Edsall--the-Little-Destroyer-The-Could-M4M11BE2C2
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The USS Gerald R. Ford & its ~5k #USN #sailors & deck of #warplanes will be accompanied by #cruisers & #destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional #weapons from reaching #Hamas & conducting #surveillance.
The large deployment… underscores the concern that the #UnitedStates has in trying to deter the #conflict from growing. The Israeli govt formal #DeclarationOfWar …gave the green light for "significant military steps"….