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Three ships, including crude oil and LNG tankers, hit by unknown projectiles in Strait of Hormuz in one day (www.hindustantimes.com)

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[–] papertrailgeo@mstdn.social 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Three ships in one day is not an incident, it is a campaign. Iran figured out you do not need to close the Strait of Hormuz, you just need insurers to close it for you. Underwriters have done more to shut that strait than any missile.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

I'm pretty sure everybody understood this long before the war started.