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Originally Posted by ikalugin
And you no longer need angry men on small boats to tinker with them - as Saudis found out land based AShMs work just fine.
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Which then is no longer a hijacking attempt, but an open war. Needless to say the Americans would not let that pass without an according reaction, which would be punishing. Maybe not knocking Iran out (hard to do), but very punishing for sure.
Of course there is an escalation ladder beyond this, but that is already the case right now and makes no real different anymore. And its in Iran's hand how far they wish to go.