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Tag: Strait of Hormuz

Posted inMideast

US bulks up Persian Gulf presence with Ohio class sub

by Dave Makichuk December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

Ohio-class submarines are best known for their ability to carry up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles. Basically, draw a 1,000 miles circle around the boat’s location and any suitable targets that lay inside of it are potentially within reach. That message — that the USS Georgia could unleash a deadly salvo at any moment […]

Posted inIran

Iran taunts US Navy with drone images of USS Nimitz

by Dave Makichuk September 25, 2020September 29, 2020
Posted inChina, India, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Asia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates

Asian states may need to protect Mideast oil supply

by Christian Le Miere January 27, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, World

How US-Iran tensions may yet torpedo oil markets

by Tim Daiss January 10, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East, World

Piffle, says the risk market to Iran

by David P. Goldman January 7, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Iraq, Middle East

Oil, gas companies must prepare for Iran’s retaliation

by Federica Russo January 6, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inIraq, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, United States, World

Market ‘dangerously discounts oil price trends’

by PK Semler November 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East

Iran seizes tugboat, crew in Strait of Hormuz

by James Broadbent and Amir Havasi September 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAustralia, Oceania

Australia’s military flex masks a deeper insecurity

by Helen Clark August 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Iran seizes third foreign ship in less than month

by David Vujanovic August 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inBrazil, Iran, Middle East, Oman, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, World

Iran will not be hemmed in by the US and UK

by Vijay Prashad July 30, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

London falling: Bojo’s mojo faces immediate Iran test

by Andrew Salmon July 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

British PM to hold emergency meeting on seized tanker

by Ankur Tanwar July 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Middle East, United Kingdom, United States, World

Iran runs rings around Royal Navy

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse July 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Iran ignores calls to free UK-flagged tanker

by Robin Millard July 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East, United Kingdom, United States, World

UK’s dubious role in new tanker war with Iran

by Prabir Purkayastha July 18, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Britain says Iran tried to ‘impede’ UK tanker in Gulf

by Ankur Tanwar July 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, World

Britain says Iran tried to ‘impede’ UK tanker in Gulf

by Dmitry Zaks July 11, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East, United States, World

The gulf of deniability 

by John Andrews June 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

‘Cocked & loaded’ Trump calls off Iran strikes

by Paul Muir June 22, 2019February 18, 2020

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