"I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea." -POTUSThis after multiple incidents of at-sea harassment, which constitute acts of war against US ships of the line.
My only dismay at this order is that it hasn't been in force since ever.
I can only hope the Iranians don't believe it, test the veracity, and we turn loose CIWS and deck gunners to take out 5 or 10 of their small craft before the Iranians belatedly realize the rules have changed.
Some nations, like some people, don't pay attention until you punch them in the nose a few times, and then suddenly they become polite as hell after a good ass-kicking. Here's to hoping the Iranians learn lessons the same thick-headed way. Heaven knows, the Navy, especially Surface Warfare, could use both the morale boost such a turkey shoot would provide, and the improvement in discipline and competence so sorely lacking after nearly 50 years of strictly peacetime service.
My intel unit had some peripheral involvement with Operation PRAYING MANTIS.
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