Armada From 25 Nations Amassing in Strait of Hormuz

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Armada of British naval power massing in the Gulf as Israel prepares an Iran strike

An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert nuclear weapons programme.

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The Strait of Hormuz is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point Photo: ALAMY




Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an unprecedented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of war.

Western leaders are convinced that Iran will retaliate to any attack by attempting to mine or blockade the shipping lane through which passes around 18 million barrels of oil every day, approximately 35 per cent of the world’s petroleum traded by sea.

A blockade would have a catastrophic effect on the fragile economies of Britain, Europe the United States and Japan, all of which rely heavily on oil and gas supplies from the Gulf.

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most congested international waterways. It is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point and is bordered by the Iranian coast to the north and the United Arab Emirates to the south.

In preparation for any pre-emptive or retaliatory action by Iran, warships from more than 25 countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, will today begin an annual 12-day exercise.



The war games are the largest ever undertaken in the region.
They will practise tactics in how to breach an Iranian blockade of the strait and the force will also undertake counter-mining drills.
The multi-national naval force in the Gulf includes three US Nimitz class carrier groups, each of which has more aircraft than the entire complement of the Iranian air force.

The carriers are supported by at least 12 battleships, including ballistic missile cruisers, frigates, destroyers and assault ships carrying thousand of US Marines and special forces.

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[Serpo]

will they need traffic lights

[Ponce]

Easier and less expensive (and lost of lives) to simply take over Soudi Arabia........What are the Russian and Chinese doing?
are they also getting ready for the party?..................................I can only hope so "Money talks and bullshit walks".

[Spectrism]

Easier and less expensive (and lost of lives) to simply take over Soudi Arabia........What are the Russian and Chinese doing?
are they also getting ready for the party?..................................I can only hope so "Money talks and bullshit walks".

And when Russian nukes hit north america, where will your bullshit be walking?

[Ponce]

Ponce <------------ learning Chinese and Russian.............go with the flow.

You are Americaninsky, spassiva.

[Neuro]

Canada and UK, has recently closed their Iranian embassies. US and Israel doesn't have one since a long time. One of the biggest ever Armada's involving battle ships of 25 nations has congregated to play war games pretending Israel will do a Pre-emptive strike, and Netanyahu is meeting Obomba today.

This is going to hell!