CthulhusIntern [he/him]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 25 days agoIf Trump drops a nuke on Iran, but the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, what happens next?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up149
arrow-up149message-squareIf Trump drops a nuke on Iran, but the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, what happens next?CthulhusIntern [he/him]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarequarrk [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·25 days agoI doubt there is a single centralized leadership capable of opening the strait post-nuke. The military is somewhat decentralized as it stands, and a nuke I think would be sufficient to motivate small militias to keep the strait closed for decades.
minus-squareCowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·25 days agoYep, spot-on. It doesn’t take that much to keep the strait closed, and can meaningfully be kept closed if need be even by militias.
I doubt there is a single centralized leadership capable of opening the strait post-nuke. The military is somewhat decentralized as it stands, and a nuke I think would be sufficient to motivate small militias to keep the strait closed for decades.
Yep, spot-on. It doesn’t take that much to keep the strait closed, and can meaningfully be kept closed if need be even by militias.