US- and Greek-owned tankers ablaze after Iran claims 'underwater drone' strike

science4sail

This is all about Hormuz, isn't it? Even though the attack itself was in Basra, Iraq, the intention seems to be to terrify any companies thinking of sailing through the Persian Gulf. I wonder how many more caches of drones Iran has lying around. Days? Weeks? Years? There's also the question of how to resupply any anti-drone systems in the area - maybe we'll see convoys carrying interceptors crossing the Arabian desert.

JumpCrisscross

A week ago we saw Iranian and Greek vessels plying the Strait [1]. I guess Tehran is now establishing its monopoly. [1] https://gcaptain.com/iranian-shadow-fleet-and-greek-affiliat...

sschueller

These tankers aren't easily replaceable are they? As in it takes significant time to build them. Even if Trump's claims that the war will end shortly were true. Oil prices are guaranteed not coming down if many more of these ships are sunk.

bootsmann

Noone could’ve seen this coming, how were they supposed to know that the strait of hormuz is so important!

VK-pro

One of the self-owns of all time. Triggering a global supply chain crisis right before midterms is bottom of the barrel strategy. But then again, who expects competency from any recent American administration, most especially this one?

nubg

Why did they attempt to pass the closed Strait of Hormuz?

p-o

Why did we have to go through all this pain. Was that really necessary? And given we mostly talk about technology here, let me put this through that lens: With all the technology advancement and improvement with access to information in the last 30 years, why does it feel that all of this culminates to more disinformation, more pain, and less understanding?

moi2388

Only more reason to finally get rid of the current Iranian regime and any and all of their military capabilities.

brentm

He may still wriggle out of it but it is increasingly looking like Trump has stepped into something that he won't be able to reverse his way out of easily, a one way decision.

whynotmaybe

I still don't know whether a drone attack is less worse than a suicide attack. I guess that's another war to end all wars to add to the list

hereme888

The US will make a LOT of money from selling their oil at premium. https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2032091651422720197 *Edit: Now I understand that some companies may make more money, but the economy overall may suffer. *Seems like I hit a nerve with stereotypical people groups.

EtienneDeLyon

While some naysayers might claim the US has entered the FO stage after the commencement of FA, I have full faith in the ability of great minds like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth to navigate the sea of uncertainty and achieve strategic victory!

bilekas

It was my understanding the the tankers could not be insured or it was prohibitively high cost without the margin cost covered and therefore could not pass through. https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news... Either way for sure this will cause further backlog. And for what.

rekoros

This should go into dictionary as definition for "fuck around and find out"

sys32768

An Iraqi security source said they think it was an Iranian boat rigged with explosives. If Iran does have underwater explosive drones, why would they boast about it and invite attacks upon that weapon and its deployment systems?

intrasight

I get a blank page with that link

OutOfHere

Trump has given a surprise gift to renewable energy worldwide, one that the sector should not fail to use.

moralestapia

I’ll laugh whenever someone comes along and says "This is definitely an act of war" despite everything we’ve all seen that has been done to Iran lately.

steveBK123

This boondoggle is going to make Iraq 2003 look well planned.

intrasight

https://archive.ph/ms992