Ben Rhodes - An aircraft carrier cannot stop a speedboat from closing the Strait of Hormuz.

[Swede]

It's a fine thread to read, too.

Rhodes: What have we learned? These Iranian drones that you can make in your garage have hit our bases, have hit our Gulf Arab allies. An aircraft carrier cannot stop a speedboat from closing the Strait of Hormuz.

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-05-24T20:47:57.826Z

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. An aircraft carrier doesn't have to be able to stop a speedboat, because it is accompanied by other ships that can.

Easily.

Hence the term “carrier group.”

And good afternoon.

[Swede]

3. And yet they are doing it.

[gulliver]

2. So you don't use an aircraft carrier.

You use, say, a swarm of drones controlled by a combination of human operators and computers.

They recently had a giant "light show skull thing" drawn on the night sky over Hollywood by thousands of computer controlled drones. Everyone has seen one of those shows by now.

On edit: That's the not-too-distant future. I wouldn't want to be in a speed boat crew working for the Iranian Islamic Republic. The arch-bigoted, thuggish, moronic, billionaire oligarchs in that regime sit comfortably far away from the fun.

[Munu]

4. Someone on the deck of the aircraft carrier with a rifle could do it.

I admit I may be missing something. but what?

[Swede]

6. You really think an aircraft carrier is gonna go into Strait of Hormuz?

[Munu]

9. I was thinking in terms of the speedboat attacking the carrier ...

... wherever it might be stationed.

[sop]

5. The guys blowing up Venezuelan fishermen in the Caribbean would be of more use in the Strait of Hormuz.

[Goonch]

7. ;-{) Aircraft Carrier Small Boat Defense: Phalanx CIWS & MK 38 MOD 3 25 mm

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. I stand corrected. Thanks. NT

[Swede]

10. The carriers will not go close to the strait, unless they are suicidal.

nt