Strait of Hormuz 0
3 November 2018

A senior IRGC official opined that "the U.S. economy is not capable of handling a new war. A combat with the Islamic Republic will push the war to outside the region, because the U.S. military structure is worn out and they have been almost driven out of the Persian Gulf". He went on to caution that "U.S. aircraft carriers are within the range of the ballistic missiles with pin-point accuracy that are capable of hitting mobile targets". 

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