11/11

Happy to break this down further if useful.

Not just mine warfare —

But the full picture:

Sea control vs denial
Littoral constraints
Sustained operations

Because that’s where this actually sits.

#Hormuz #IranWar #NavalSupply #LogisticsinWar #Blockade #KhargIsland

10/11

If you want to understand what’s actually happening:

Stop thinking in terms of:

“Straits, Open vs Closed - Blockades are the Key”

Start thinking in terms of:

Risk vs Sustainability

That’s where the real signal is.

#Hormuz #IranWar #NavalSupply #LogisticsinWar #Blockade #KhargIsland

8/11

So when people say:

“The US can just keep the Strait open and blockade Kharg Island”

What they really mean is:

“The US can sustain acceptable risk indefinitely”

And my answer is simple.

Can they really?

#Hormuz #IranWar #NavalSupply #LogisticsinWar #Blockade #KhargIsland

6/11

This is where the “blockade” narrative falls apart.

Because maintaining control isn’t a moment.

It’s a condition that must be:

Maintained
Protected
Sustained

Day after day.

You need to "outlast" an enemy...

#Hormuz #IranWar #NavalSupply #LogisticsinWar #Blockade #KhargIsland

5/11

And in that environment, sea denial beats sea control.

You don’t need dominance.

You need:

Mines
Missiles
Sub-surface threat (hard in shallow waters)
Persistent uncertainty

That’s enough to shift the equation.

#Hormuz #IranWar #NavalSupply #LogisticsinWar #Blockade #KhargIsland

4/11

The Strait of Hormuz and the wider Gulf Sea is not open ocean.

It is a textbook littoral environment:

Constrained waters
Predictable routes
Limited manoeuvre space

All of which favour the defender.

#Hormuz #IranWar #NavalSupply #LogisticsinWar #Blockade #KhargIsland

2/11

Maritime control is just not about presence.

It never has been.

It is about achieving freedom of action within an acceptable level of risk — and sustaining that over time.

That distinction matters.

#Hormuz #IranWar #NavalSupply #LogisticsinWar #Blockade #KhargIsland

#logisticsinwar and #planning is woke though.

Just drop and give me 50, that’ll do it.

Water Water Everywhere… – The D.A.K. Water Supply 1941 -43 Background The issue of water supply in the desert came up on the Axis History Forum, and I am deeply indebted to User Raúl M. (tigre) to have provided the text below, which is provided here in its…

So. Let's talk about bit about a #logisticsinwar aspect in the #desertwar that was radically different between the Allies and the Axis.

Water. First off, a post done a while ago on the subject, focused on the #afrikakorps.

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