RT by @Malbrunot: This is highly unlikely. Even a limited island operation would be a massive risk with no decisive solution to unlocking the Strait. It would require 10,000+ troop

This is highly unlikely. Even a limited island operation would be a massive risk with no decisive solution to unlocking the Strait. It would require 10,000+ troops for airborne and amphibious landing Seizing ground under immense fire is possible but holding and sustaining a force is extremely difficult without seizing the mainland belt Seizing and holding enough territory to deny the IRGC access to the Strait, would be a bigger op than Iraq 2003 in excess of 500k boots on the ground that would be pulled into a prot