BREAKING: An entire US KC-135 "Stratotanker" has crashed over Iraq
The entire six member crew is feared dead. This marks the fourth loss of a US plane.
This plane costs about $11k per hour to operate and the purchase price was $26M to $50M per aircraft.
So there might be a mine warfare situation in DAYS not weeks or months and the US tried and true mine sweepers are on the wrong side of the globe right now.
The US Navy is not without a solution.
Enter the littoral combat ship, the biggest boondoggle of weapons program run by the Navy in recent memory.
An untested ship that is best known for having a haul that spontaneously cracks apart.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship
#MineSweeper #Iran #StraitOfHormuz #USNavy #LittoralCombatShip
The US has been forced to admit that as many as 150 US soldiers are currently counted as casualties with seven confirmed dead thus far.
Iran claims the US casualty number is closer to 500. They also have alluded to possibly taking some US personnel hostage a few days ago but have not yet provided proof.
Regardless, the US media currently has a LOT of questions about the deaths and injuries of American crusaders.
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine spoke to the press today and said Iran has made him respect their ability to fight.
He clear states that Iran's strategy is working and that the US military is working hard to "adapt" he of course claims that the Occupation Axis (Israel+US) can out adapt Iran... which remains to be seen.
