For those who think the Strait of Hormuz is "international waters," you're flatly wrong.
The United States claims territorial waters extending 12 nautical miles off the coast of CONUS. Beyond that, it claims a "Contiguous Zone" of 24 nautical miles from shore, where the U.S. government can enforce customs, immigration and sanitation laws.
In addition, the U.S. also claims an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) that's up to 200 nautical miles from shore, claiming control over managing all natural resources including oil and gas.
The Strait of Hormuz is 21 nautical miles at its most narrow point. Those 21 nautical miles of water touch Iran on the North and Oman on the South.
There are no "international waters" in this portion of the strait. The North portion is clearly well within Iran's territorial waters -- even according to U.S. definitions -- and the South portion is clearly well within Oman's territorial waters.
Put another way, if the United States sat where Iran sits today, the USA would clearly and forcefully proclaim the entire strait to be its own territorial waters.
MAGA-tards don't know any of this because they never even heard of the Strait of Hormuz until about six weeks ago.
Instant IQ test: If you think the speed of light is a constant, you fail. Though this is what is taught in every university, it's provably false.
It should be self-evident, for example, that the speed of light slows when entering water, or a prism, or any any refractive solid. I'm not going to bother explaining this if you don't already know it.
So then people say no, the speed of light in SPACE is a constant!
That's not true either. We already know that light follows the curvature of spacetime, which is impacted by the "gravity" projection of mass.
That alone tells you that light's speed, relative to us, depends on the fabric of spacetime. If you stretch spacetime, light appears to move faster. If you condense it, light appears to move more slowly. If you bend spacetime, light follows the bend because from the point of view of the light, it's still traveling in a straight line... but REALITY is now curved.
And at the event horizon of a black hole, right at the edge, the "speed" of light, of course, reaches zero.
Obviously.
So no, the speed of light is not a constant. That's maybe 7th grade physics. Most people still believe it, though. Which just tells you that people don't think much beyond whatever they were told in the name of "science."
REAL scientists are people who are curious about the universe. Those are precisely the people who are called "anti-science" by the authoritarian science establishment which insists you question nothing and swallow everything.
Like a black hole swallowing light.
There are people dumb enough right now to believe that two U.S. destroyers are "clearing mines" in the Straight of Hormuz.
U.S. naval destroyers are incapable of clearing mines.
The U.S. Navy dedicates specific ship classes and platforms to mine warfare:
1. Avenger-class Mine Countermeasures Ships (MCM)
The primary dedicated MCM vessels in the U.S. fleet. They use sonar, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and mechanical/influence sweep gear to detect and neutralize mines. The Navy has been retiring hulls from this class and transitioning to newer methods.
2. Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) with MCM Mission Packages
The Freedom-class and Independence-class LCS are designed to accept modular mission packages, including a Mine Countermeasures Mission Package.
3. MH-53E Sea Dragon Helicopters
These heavy-lift helicopters are specifically tasked with airborne MCM, towing sweep gear through the water to detonate or clear mines magnetically and acoustically.
4. MH-60S Seahawk Helicopters
Equipped with the Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) and laser mine detection systems, these serve as a more modern airborne MCM platform supplementing (and gradually replacing) the MH-53E.
Note that none of these are destroyers.
You've been punked yet again by the lying Pentagon and lying Trump administration.
