⚓️‼️ The US Navy Cannot Sustain A Significant Naval Presence in the Arabian Sea Many observers are worked up today about the old news that CSG-9 (USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71) is headed to the Arabian Sea. What most people are failing to understand is that the US Navy simply does not have the capability to sustain even a 2-carrier fleet in the Arabian Sea, let alone a 3-carrier fleet including 2 amphibious ready groups, 2 cruisers, and 10 destroyers. As best I can ascertain, the US warship count in the region (counting the not-yet-arrived CSG-9) would be: 3 aircraft carriers: ~15,000 mouths 2 amphibious ready groups: ~8000 2 cruisers: ~700 10 destroyers: ~3250 That makes a total of ~27,000 mouths that need to be fed 3x/day. The closest bases are thousands of miles away. The recent disastrous extended deployments of the USS Gerald R. Ford and the USS Abraham Lincoln underscore what happens on these big ships after extended deployments. Things go to hell in a handbasket, and sailors start jumping off the decks to escape the madness. I consider it not only unlikely, but very likely physically impossible for the US to sustain 3 carrier strike groups for more than just a few weeks near Iran — not now, nor at any time in the foreseeable future. Could they briefly station a 3-carrier fleet in the region with the intent to launch a week or two of attacks against Iranian targets? Sure. It could be done for a short period of time. But if they attempt to do this, I predict we will finally see the Iranians make a determined effort to strike US warships, and they will succeed. The US Navy will be exposed as a 20th century relic incapable of fighting a 21st century war.