[QUOTE=G-Man;6494478]A No-Fly zone is not as easy as simple as just setting up a Navy ship nearby and shoot planes. It would no doubt require Full-scale ground combat operations to deny those assets.
The amphibious assault ship Kearsarge is nearby, and they had the 26th MEU, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., on board, but they deployed much of its ground combat element- Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines-to Afghanistan in January. They still have plenty of able-bodied Marines, but the scope of what they can do might be limited.[/QUOTE]
Use the Navy's birds to compensate for it, drop a bunch of presents on their oil tanks and for CAS.