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24 Dec 2020, 8:18 am

Iran Can Easily Hunt U.S. Submarines In The Persian Gulf With Fishing Traps: MP

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24 Dec 2020, 10:35 am

I recall reading that during the two Bush wars the US Navy simply did not use submarines in the Persian Gulf at all, for the simple reason that the waterway is too shallow for full sized subs to operate as subs.

So if the US is now using them there then thats a curious recent change in doctrine.