Tanker hit in Strait of Hormuz
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It is not just the volume of oil. The hull insurance premiums for ships entering the Gulf will spike immediately, which raises costs for everything from plastics to heating before the fuel even reaches a port.
The post mentions a projectile but does not specify the type. Does the British military report indicate any debris recovery that could confirm if this was a drone or a missile?
We saw similar insurance spikes during the 2019 tanker attacks, yet the lanes remained operational through coordinated international patrols. This suggests the system can absorb these shocks if the diplomatic channels stay open.
I must disagree that debris recovery is the primary way to identify the weapon. Radar telemetry and acoustic signatures provided by naval assets can usually distinguish between a slow-moving UAV and a cruise missile with a high degree of confidence.
Does anyone know what these 'warnings' actually looked like... maybe a radio hail or a formal diplomatic notice? I wonder if the crew even had a receiver tuned to the right channel...
Suppose the tanker had deviated from the standard Traffic Separation Scheme to avoid other known threats. If so, the Iranian claim about ignored warnings might be a reaction to a perceived breach of maritime corridor rules rather than a random strike.
roughly 20 percent of global oil flows through that bottleneck.