• Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The threat of missiles, drones and rockets from the mainland are keeping the straits closed, not the Iranian navy.

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      It was both. Iran had a whole slew of fast attack boats specifically for attacking ships in the straight. They also had a number of larger warships.

      All of that is gone, leaving only the ground-based stuff, which has been heavily attrited.