CthulhusIntern [he/him]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoIf Trump drops a nuke on Iran, but the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, what happens next?message-squaremessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-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 · 3 months agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squarequarrk [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months 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-up4·3 months 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.