Posted on 03/24/2026 6:33:11 PM PDT by Libloather
The UK’s is set to lead a coalition of countries including the France to help sweep the Strait of Hormuz for mines and reopen it to oil tanker traffic, according to a report.
London is working to organize a summit of 30-some nations that had agreed to provide “appropriate efforts” to reopen the strait, according to Politico.
Additionally, the UK said it is looking to send a either a Royal Navy mine sweeper ship or hire a civilian ship that can launch mine sweeping drones into the area, The Times reported.
Iran still has at least a dozen mines in the narrow shipping lane that are imperiling commercial shipping traffic, according to a report.
The underwater explosives were identified as Iranian-manufactured Maham 3 and Maham 7 limpet mines, US officials told CBS News.
The explosives threaten any ship that dares cross the Strait of Hormuz, effectively shutting down a key trade route for the transport of 20% of the world’s oil supplies.
However, the British government believes there is a safe path through the strait, according to a new report, as a few tankers made it safely through the chokepoint.
The Maham 3 mines, which weigh more than 660 pounds, use magnetic and acoustic sensors, with the bomb capable of attaching itself to ships that come within 10 feet, according to the Collective Awareness to Unexploded Ordnance website.
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(thinking out loud)
a problem with east-west partitioning is that the preceding partitioning would appear to place the largely christian assyrian-iranians in western iran at significant risk.
ideally, the partition would then extend to include the western region in which the assyrian-iranians currently live.
the problem with this is that it leaves only the immediate area of tehran and the northwest to the western partition. that is, a partition would seem to require removing mullah control over most of the iranian land.
ideally this would be possibly successful with the help of oppressed iranians. in practice, however, for whatever reasons, the usa has not had an altogether successful track record of liberating oppressed people in foreign countries
Good
“Coalition” should be up and running in say 5-10 years after appropriate environmental, and social justice requirements are ironed out😎
There is no indication that there are mines in the SOH.
Notice the “or hire civilian ship”
Europe has a significant “Michigan problem”, US not far behind.
Side note, I am curious why US oil prices have to be the same as world oil prices, i get that US producers want those prices $$$$, but why can’t oil produced and ised in the US be set separately say 70 a barrel.
The “war” has not changed US production or availability.
Let Europe and China suffer the consequences of their action and more importantly their inactions
You rooting for our enemies again? Not a good look.
US is taking care of those items, it is difficult but not impossible.
Almost 50 years of inaction and pandering has led to this
Free Traitors got their way and the US oil gas export ban was lifted about 10 years ago.
Still wondering how many NATO members are cooking their books on defense spending.
Who audits the books...?
I’m looking for the Bee on this one.
petroleum, like gold, is a fungible product: all gold is interchangeable with all other gold and all petroleum is [mostly] interchangeable with all other petroleum, and the source and location are irrelevant to price ... plus the major oil producers are all global corporations [Shell, BP ExxonMobile, etc.] that drill and refine all over the Earth, and not just in the USA ... pretty much all industrial materials function that way ...
Well, the UK certainly has lots of admirals.
They have at least 15 admirals per ship. So, maybe we can mobilize some tin cans from the reserve fleet and restore Lend Lease?
I say, go for it, Jolly Tars! Show us Yanks how it’s done!
That is true, but we know what oil is from US and could require that oil be sold at a decent price say 80 a barrel till crisis ends, Europe needs the oil from ME, not so much US.
Just a thought
You missed my point!
Europe has 450 million people.
We have about a million less people.
Why are we defending their BUTTS?
And Canada’s and South America’s
and everybody else, who don’t contribute
much of anything to their own self defense?
About a third of our Federal taxes
goes for DoW, most other countries
can’t even devote 3% of their taxes
for defense. WE pay 33%!
I fully understand why we pay so much.
Peace through strength is a valid concept and peace is far cheaper than war.
But Europe can contribute far more than they do.
how would it be Constitutional to set a nation-wide price for a product to be sold, and who has the Constitutional authority to do that? ... besides, every time in history that forced pricing has been tried, immediate shortages develop as the sellers say, f**kit, i can’t make money giving my product away, so i’ll just stop producing it ...
Not sure the mechanism, but “price fixing” above what they were making a month ago is different than making someone sell for a loss. If they were making money at 60 a barrel they will be making money at 80
Just a thought
so, would the global petroleum corporations producing on leases and land they PWN in the USA be forced to sell ALL of their oil below market or just their products sold in the USA? ... and if they are “allowed” to sell at market prices OUTSIDE the USA, what would prevent them from selling ALL of their products outside the USA, or would you fix the price AND ALSO prohibit exporting energy as well?
There is no global cattle prices, are prices for beef the same in Canada, Germany, Brazil…
The way the market has been set up is the way it is doesn’t mean it is right.
There is no reason for oil prices to have doubled in the US for US produced oil except that is the system. Systems that was created can be changed
Yes restrict exports, and price is for US produced oil
Just a thought
“Yes restrict exports, and price is for US produced oil”
you’d do very well in a communist economy ...
Not even related, explain why things like beef prices can vary between countries but oil is dictated by some world pricing system? Do beef prices have anything to do with the constitution…..
“World” setting oil proce, That sounds a bit communist to me.
Oil is fungible once out on the open seas, but oil produced here is a known commodity and amount
“Tensions in the Middle East” do not affect production/transport costs for oil produced here.
As I stated oil companies were making profits at 60 a barrel, at 80 they are making more.
Don’t blame them for accepting the 100+, just asking why that has to be when our oil is not effected the same as Middle East oil
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