https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/203169/iran-building-defenses-kharg-island/amp

Iran building up defenses of Kharg Island to protect against potential US ground attack

the-express.com

2 days ago

Iran has been laying mines and moving additional air defenses to Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf as US military officials weigh a ground operation

So they are preparing a welcome for the marines , something

else Trump🤡 never thought would happen ,give them another

10 days to remove them ....or else ,and when those 10 days are

up extend by another 5 days ...and so on.

regards worgeordie

Assuming the story is true, which I doubt, it's not going to help then. Except of course to inflame their fellow Travelers in the West

The yanks can use daisy cutters before going in

The available forces makes Kharg less likely, and there are far simpler, cheaper ways to stop Iranian oil exports than attempting landings on a complex island AND preserving industrial infrastructure. The likelyhood is that the infrastructure is utterly destroyed, reducing value of the island as a hostage.

Other islands are more likely.

12 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Assuming the story is true, which I doubt, it's not going to help then. Except of course to inflame their fellow Travelers in the West

Why would it not be True.

Trump has given the Iranians time to prepare a warm welcome to ‘inflame’ anyone who tries to invade Kharg Island.

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Why would it not be True.

Trump has given the Iranians time to prepare a warm welcome to ‘inflame’ anyone who tries to invade Kharg Island.

How do you think they are doing it? Its a loooooooong 20 miles to get there LOL

5 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

How do you think they are doing it? Its a loooooooong 20 miles to get there LOL

Oh you think it can’t be done.

Maybe you should join the advance landing party.

https://zamin.uz/en/world/195408-iranian-islands-may-become-targets.html

Researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in China have argued that seven islands in and around the strait form what they describe as Iran’s “defensive arc.” In a 2022 study, Iranian researcher Enayatollah Yazdani and Chinese scholar Ma Yangzhe wrote that an imaginary curved line connecting these islands helps explain Iran’s strategic advantage in overseeing security in the Strait of Hormuz. Their assessment suggests that geography itself gives Tehran a powerful tool in any regional escalation.

Among the most significant positions are Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb, three small islands on the western edge of that arc. Despite their size, they are considered crucial for monitoring and potentially disrupting movement through the strait. Because the distances between the islands are short and the deepest section of the otherwise relatively shallow gulf lies near them, large military vessels and oil tankers are often forced to pass close by. That creates vulnerabilities that Iran could exploit with fast boats, mine-laying vessels and drones operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

For that reason, any discussion of possible US military planning in the region is increasingly tied not just to Khark Island’s export role, but also to the wider island network that underpins Iran’s maritime defense posture. The balance of power in the Gulf may depend as much on these small outposts as on major bases and oil terminals.

Recent combat reports from the ISW

https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-special-report-march-24-2026/

Satellite imagery from March 22 shows that the combined force has inflicted substantial damage to Iranian naval and air infrastructure in the Nazeat Islands near the Strait of Hormuz as part of its effort to degrade Iran’s ability to threaten international shipping.[49] The Nazeat Islands, which include the Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, Abu Musa, and Siri islands, are strategically located along key maritime approaches to the Strait of Hormuz. US strikes damaged or destroyed communications infrastructure, fuel depots, maintenance facilities, an aircraft hangar, and port facilities on Greater Tunb Island, according to commercially available satellite imagery, an OSINT account, and an Israeli think tank.[50] Imagery from March 22 shows extensive damage to the island’s port, including strikes on berths, nearby buildings, and many docked fast attack craft.[51] US strikes also targeted facilities that support a “vast network of underground bunkers,” according to the Israeli think tank.[52] The think tank reported that these bunkers store anti-ship cruise missiles and other weapons that Iran can use to threaten shipping.[53] US strikes also targeted an aircraft hangar and a nearby vehicle repair building at Greater Tunb Island’s airbase but did not target the runway itself, unlike other combined force strikes on Iranian airbases.[54] The lack of strikes on the runway may suggest that the US strikes were focused on degrading specific operational capabilities, such as drone operations or aircraft maintenance, rather than rendering the airfield unusable. The cumulative damage to communications, port, and airfield infrastructure has likely degraded Iran’s ability to coordinate and sustain maritime operations from Greater Tunb Island.

Commercially available satellite imagery from March 22 shows that the combined force similarly struck Abu Musa Island. Combined force strikes on Abu Musa Island appear to have targeted both the island’s port facilities as well as aircraft hangars adjacent to the island’s airstrip. Strikes on the island’s eastern port appear to have targeted the port’s berths and an adjacent warehouse, while strikes on the western port targeted an unspecified structure on the port’s wharf that was constructed after August 2022.[55] Strikes also targeted three aircraft hangars on the eastern end of the island’s airstrip but did not strike the main airport building on the western end.[56] The combined force’s strikes on Abu Musa Island have likely similarly degraded Iran’s ability to coordinate and sustain maritime operations from the island.

11 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Why would it not be True.

Trump has given the Iranians time to prepare a warm welcome to ‘inflame’ anyone who tries to invade Kharg Island.

Unless Kharg was never the target all along.

1 hour ago, Roadsternut said:

Other islands are more likely.

You mean the ones claimed by the UAE?

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Oh you think it can’t be done.

Maybe you should join the advance landing party.

Aw isnt that cute, the hysterical infantile screeching of the losers continues. And I wouldnt doubt that invading Kharg could be easy enough for even me to do it.