Send ships to the Strait!

[malada]

Does the Strait of Hormuz need ships to protect it from Iranian aggression? All those important tankers need help getting through safely?

How about sending all those seized Russians yachts? Arm them with 50 caliber machine guns and drone jamming equipment. How about a nice rocket launcher and a mini gun? Maybe mount a few torpedo tubes just for good measure.

Then man them with MAGA members of the 101st Keyboard Division and some NRA Nut jobs. Make sure they fly some big tRUMP flags. They may not move very fast but the food should be excellent.








I meant this as comedy but I'm really starting to like this idea.

Comments

[siliconshaman]

Some of the seized oligarchs yachts wouldn't even need up-armouring, they already have 'defensive' weaponry... and hey, why not sell them letters of Marque while you're at it. Give the administration a financial reason to be onboard with the idea. They get whatever the fee for that is, plus a cut of the value of whatever ships they seize plus their cargo... which gives the MAGA lot a reason not to go completely ham on any ships they come across.

and they get to say they're Pirates, or Privateers, and fly a cool flag. Which lets face it, would be about 80% of the appeal.

[moxie_man]

And have Orange Face in the lead ship to show it's "safe" to go through the strait now.

[warriorsavant]

This is all meant as satire, but like you, the more I think about it, the better it sounds IRL. 🎶"For he is a pirate king..." 🎶