TheImmortal
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2017
- Messages
- 7,091
- Reaction score
- -12
- Country
- Location
Heavy ships can not enter Persian gulf without going through Iranian waters (North of Bu-musa island), and in other parts of the gulf there are narrow lanes deep enough to allow US ships dock at some ports. that's why it's said that their ships can't maneuver in Persian gulf.
Mohsen did you already forget the 2009 speedboat incident? Why do you think Iran seized the speedboats? Iran claimed that they entered Iranian territorial waters, US denied it until gps showed they drifted into Iranian waters. If “right of waterway” usage is available to all ships, then why would Iran seize them? (Look at the area of seizure).
You are confusing civilian shipping lanes set up to prevent accidents and traffic with routes military ships can take. Literally every waterway and airway has designated air lanes for civilian traffic. It’s to prevent accidents and misidentification as well as simple efficiency.
Lastly look at all these western and Arabian naval stations in “shallow” water of 25-30 meters.
So unless these navy ships magically teleport from “deep” Iranian waters to dock at them, they can indeed travel just fine in lower waters.
Ever since Iran start seizing several western tankers, they too have also started avoiding transiting Iranian waters.