Armada British naval power massing i the Gulf as Israel prepares an Iran strike

An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert nuclear weapons programme.

Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations  are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an  unprecedented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of  war. Western leaders are convinced that Iran will retaliate to any attack by  attempting to mine or blockade the shipping lane through which passes around  18 million barrels of oil every day, approximately 35 per cent of the  world’s petroleum traded by sea.

A blockade would have a catastrophic effect on the fragile economies of  Britain, Europe the United States and Japan, all of which rely heavily on  oil and gas supplies from the Gulf. The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most congested international  waterways. It is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point and is bordered  by the Iranian coast to the north and the United Arab Emirates to the south.

The war games are the largest ever undertaken in the region.
They will practise tactics in how to breach an Iranian blockade of the strait  and the force will also undertake counter-mining drills.
The multi-national naval force in the Gulf includes three US Nimitz class  carrier groups, each of which has more aircraft than the entire complement  of the Iranian air force.

The Strait of Hormuz has long been disputed territory, with the Iranians  claiming control of the region and the entire Persian Gulf.
Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps recently  boasted that “any plots of enemies” would be foiled and a heavy price  exacted, adding: “We determine the rules of military conflict in the Persian  Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.”

When Obama was elected I thought he would become the President of the World.  Why don't Israel and Iran listen to Obama.  The world would be a better place if everyone listened to Obama.  After all, he did win the Nobel Peace Prize.