The Strait of Hormuz - water based shipping Details on ocean shipping.......like the Suez Canal, Strait of Hormuz and so on.
An Iranian Regime trying to retain power will stop at nothing short of war to shore up local (country) support.
Please remember that the Iranian people ARE NOT the enemy....it is those who are in power and whose ideas are out of synch with what truly is in the best interests of the Iranian people. Theydesire the best lives possible for themselves and their people.
I personally desire an internally led uprising that puts real leadership in control. The situation in Syria is a real example. That country needs other Arab nations to militarily intervene. Even they know that what Syrian President Assad and his military are doing is no different then genocide. Killing children....enough said!!
https://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/
January 18, 2008 Energy Report - still loaded with lots of valid information:
https://www.deepgreencrystals.com/images/GlobalOilChokePoints.pdf
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and
the Persian Gulf in the southwest. On the north coast is Iran (Persia) and on the south is the
United Arab Emirates and Musandam, an exclave of Oman.
Description: The narrowest section of the strait is only 21 miles wide, having two one-milewide
channels for marine traffic separated by a two-mile-wide buffer zone. It is the only
sea passage to the open ocean for several petroleum-exporting Persian Gulf States.
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Therefore, you only have a narrow 4 mile wide total shipping zone within the strait of Hormuz......tankers are literal sitting ducks against any hostile military forces.