First of all, Iranian missiles will take care of any warship trying to land troops anywhere within the Persian Gulf. Secondly, getting into Iran proper has to go through mountain ranges all along the coast of Western Iran that are no Bukit Timah Hill. By then Iran would have taken them out at will. Moreover, aircraft carriers for projection of power cannot even move near to the Persian Gulf region to land troops as Iranian hypersonic missiles will take them out like sitting ducks.
According to Colonel Douglas MacGregor, the only plausible launching base would be from Yanbu on the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast. But to launch an assault from there and crossing thousands of miles of desert to reach the Persian Gulf is no easy marching in the desert heat. Even if that is attempted, how many special forces can the USA afford to send in this way? There are probably a million Iranian troops, half a million Iran Revolutionary Guards complemented by half a million regular Iranian military personnel. With home ground advantage, what are the odds of success of the USA mission? Practically nil.
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