The Navy will deploy guided-missile destroyers, more than 100 land- and sea-based combat aircraft, and several sea and air drones to guide international commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command officials said Sunday.

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    5 hours ago

    I wonder what Iran’s next move will be. Temporarily relax the blockade for outgoing ships but maintain it for incoming ships? As a means of deliberately wasting US resources, that is. So far they seemed to avoid head-to-head clashes with the US.

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      4 hours ago

      Control over the straight is one of the main reasons they’re still geopolitically relevant. I don’t see them giving it up for good, they will at least say that the blockade is still on. Given they have a lot of naval drones and missiles which are not 100% countered by US hardware, I don’t foresee any insurance companies co-signing on commercial ships crossing the straight.