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Jiang says a direct Hormuz blockade would be hard because American carriers avoid Iranian ballistic missile range and fear a strategically devastating carrier loss.
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Jiang says a direct Hormuz blockade would be hard because American carriers avoid Iranian ballistic missile range and fear a strategically devastating carrier loss.
"Right. So from a practical perspective. Right. So from a practical perspective, it's actually very hard to implement because if you go close to..."
"...you can't do that because then you'll be too close to iranian missiles and drones so they're now sitting um off the strip of..."
"...a missile. And so the Gerald Ford can't protect itself from Iranian missiles, so it ran away, okay?"
"...a missile. And so the Gerald Ford can't protect itself from Iranian missiles so it ran away. Okay? The third possibility, the third explanation..."
"...you know, that was an opportunity for us to pretend that Iranian missile hit the Dome of the Rock, the Al -Aqsa Mosque, thus..."
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