Sorry, but this is the only way to deal with the pirates:
Namecalling doesn't work in this environment. If you consider USN ships pirate, then you should indicate what it is that they do that makes then worthy of this qualification.
Article 14
4.Passage is innocent so long as it is not prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State. Such passage shall take place in conformity with these articles and with other rules of international law.
Is Iran the only coastal state along this strait? Oman, UAE? What about them and their positions?
How exactly did this CVN passing the strait of Hormuz threaten the peace, good order or security of Iran in particular?
How did this CVN act in non-conformity with the articles of UNCLOS and other rules of international law?
Article 16
1.The coastal State may take the necessary steps in its territorial sea to prevent passage which is not innocent.
You would first have to show how passage of this CVN and escorts isn't innocent before you can take or justify what steps are necessary.
You do realize the difference between innocent passage through territorial waters and transit passage through a strait used for international navigation? A vessel in transit passage is not subject to coastal state enforcement jurisdiction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_passage
http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part3.htm
Besides, if you claim Iran isn't bound to UNCLOS because it is not a party to it (signed, but not ratified, with statement), then why would you expect the US (which never signed in the first place) to be bound by it?
American's presence in Persian gulf is mostly to threaten Iran, as their authorities are doing it every few weeks or months, so their presence is against our national security and isn't considered innocent. so we have the right to block their passage the way we like.
Yes, and Iran doesn't threaten anybody?
(e.g. cutting of the rest of the world from oil supplies originating from other Persian Gulf states?)
Remember this: Between 1984 and 1987 a “Tanker War” took place between Iran and Iraq, where each belligerent (Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988) began firing on tankers, even neutrals, bound for their respective ports. Shipping in the Persian Gulf dropped by 25%, forcing the intervention of the United States to secure the oil shipping lanes.
https://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch1en/appl1en/ch1a2en.html
Your question is rather childish.
No it isn't. You make a claim, you back it up.
you have Internet, search keywords for U.S ships collisions and then think what would happen if these were nuclear powered.
a very common news like this:
Two U.S. Navy vessels collide in Strait of Hormuz; Nuclear powered submarine USS Hartford rams into USS New Orleans
I did. And gues what: nothing on CVN collisions.
You give a single example of a collision between a USN LPD and a USN nuclear submarine from 2009. There was no damage to the sub's nuclear reactor. You do not adres the cause of the incident. No merchant shipping was involved or threatened.
The only other recent collision involving a USN ship in the Strait of Hormuz is from 2007, when the nuclear submarine USS
Newport News, traveling submerged, struck MV
Mogamigawa, a 300,000-ton Japanese-flagged very large crude tanker, south of the strait. There were no injuries, and no oil leaked from the tanker. According to a Navy spokesman, the collision occurred as a result of the
venturi effect : the tanker drove over the area where the submarine was submerged and this created a sucking effect that forced the submarine upward to the surface. Damage was limited to the bow, and the sail, mast and reactors were not damaged
You fail to take into consideration that the Strait of Hormuz, at the mouth of the Gulf, is a very crowded and tense waterway, where one-fifth of the world’s oil is routed. For that reason alone, one can expect a higher incident rate here, as compared to open sea elswhere. Considere:
- In the year 2011, an average of 14 tankers per day passed out of the Persian Gulf through the Strait, carrying 17 million barrels (2,700,000 m3) of crude oil. This was said to represent 35% of the world's seaborne oil shipments and 20% of oil traded worldwide. More than 85% of these crude oil exports went to Asian markets, with Japan, India, South Korea and China as the largest destinations
http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=4430
- Ninety percent of oil exported from Middle East Gulf producers is carried through the strait. Merchant ships carrying grain, iron ore, sugar, perishables and containers full of finished goods also pass through the strategic sea corridor en route to Gulf countries and ports such as Dubai.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-hormuz-factbox-idUSTRE6062OG20100107
- At its narrowest point, the Strait is 21 miles wide, but the width of the shipping lane in either direction is only two miles (3km), separated by a two-mile buffer zone. The Strait is deep and wide enough to handle the world's largest crude oil tankers, with about two-thirds of oil shipments carried by tankers in excess of 150,000 deadweight tons.
http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=4430
I wonder what the general collision rate per volume of traffic is for the Strait of Hormuz and how it compares to the specific rate for USN ships travelling here. You may wel find (if YOU look) that the civilian collision rate per volume of traffic is worse than that of the USN per volume of its traffic. Besides, collisions
involving USN ships aren't necessarily
caused by USN ships.
So, in sum, it means, actually, that you were unable to provide anything to back up the claim you made.
Blue arrows illustrate the strait's Traffic Separation Scheme.
Map of Strait of Hormuz with maritime political boundaries (2004)
Note that shipping channels in the Persian Gulf are within the Iranian maritime political boundary, but those in the Strait of Hormuz aren't.
In relation to the Persian Gulf boundaries, note also that there is territorial dispute between Iran and UAE over Tunb as Sughra, Tunb al Kubra and Abu Masi (occupied by Iran, claimed by both Iran and UAE).
AGAIN: check out the 12-sea mile line.
To traverse the Strait, ships pass through the territorial waters of Iran and Oman under the transit passage provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Although not all countries have ratified the convention, most countries, including the U.S., accept these customary navigation rules as codified in the Convention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz#Navigation
Transit passage: Persian Gulf to/from Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean.
The Gibraltar Strait is only 7.7
nautical miles (14.3 km; 8.9 mi) at the strait's narrowest point.
The Malacca Strait is only only 2.8 km (1.5
nautical miles) wide at the Phillips Channel
No trouble with ships there, including USN ships.
U.S forces in Persian gulf Will be destroyed by Iran's IRGC and the rest of Iran?
