Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

[Ali_Baba]

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The U.S. Navy is facing a serious logistics problem in the Middle East.

Around 20 ships carrying roughly 20,000 sailors and Marines need more than 420,000 meals and about eight million gallons of fuel every week.

The situation became much harder after Iran destroyed a key Navy logistics base in Bahrain and made other nearby ports too dangerous to use.

Supply ships now have to travel about 2,200 miles to Diego Garcia, or even farther to Singapore, before returning to the fleet.

Source: NYT

The USA has a logistic supply and basing agreement with India for the US Navy for the use of India's bases to resupply the USN. It is interesting that even though there is a formal agreement, that the USA is not using those facilities

It is called the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA).

India, US sign military logistics pact

LEMOA is one of the four ‘foundational agreements’ that the U.S. enters into with its defence partners. With LEMOA, India has signed two of the four.

www.thehindu.com

It allows the US and Indian militaries to access each other's designated land, air, and naval bases for refueling, repairs, and supplies

I wonder why they are not using India more ?

 

[Pakistan First]

These arabs cant be saved

No one in region is strong / independent enough to dare challenge the US. Trump has publicly said atleast twice that US will bomb the shit out of oman if they collude with Iran. So I don't blame Oman for rejecting the idea of accepting the tolls in partnership with Iran.

Also accepting tolls is unacceptable by everyone. Do you think Pakistan and other countries of the world would accept this? Because the oil exporters will obviously pass down that cost on oil buyers ultimately.