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21. China has already been obfuscating their ships to get what they need

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:33 PM

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and Iran has been at this for a LONG time and knows who butters their bread and who they will protect. Everyone else is on their own if a drone swarm comes in and any stray fire from the "protectors", lights up the Strait.

We don't have enough ships to do that AND patrol outside of Venezuela looking for little speed boats to blow out of the water.

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