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Posted on 09/20/2026 3:29:51 PM PDT by GrootheWanderer
Defying Iran and heading through the Strait of Hormuz is a gamble. But like all the best gambles, it is a lucrative one, so crews are inclined to fancy their odds.
To counter the high insurance costs for buyers, countries such as Iraq and Qatar have been offering crude oil at steep discounts.
“People just assume one ship in 12 or one ship in 15 is going to get hit by an Iranian drone, but you make enough money on the rest of them,” said Rory Johnston, founder of the market research firm Commodity Context.
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It warms, ah say, warms the cockles of mah heart!
I guess we’ll see how many anti-ship missiles Iran still has in its stocks.
“North Korean KN-01: An extended-range, operational coastal defense/anti-ship upgrade derived from the Silkworm/Styx lineage using a mix of solid and liquid propulsion with ranges up to 300 km.
Iranian Ra’ad and Qader: Iran reverse-engineered and modified the HY-2 Silkworm into indigenous systems like the Ra’ad, and leveraged that tech base into much more modern, longer-range solid-propellant cruise missiles like the Qader and Abu Mahdi.
Chinese Successors: China entirely moved past the primitive Silkworm design decades ago, replacing them with modern supersonic and advanced subsonic anti-ship cruise missiles (such as the YJ-83, YJ-12, and YJ-18 families) featuring sea-skimming capabilities and active radar/infrared homing.”
GROK 09/20/2026
Compared to warships, tankers are easy targets.
Missile launchers are easy targets compared to missiles.
Not a secret anymore ...
{yawn}
Our president has beckoned the Sea Snake.
Our president has beckoned the Sea Snake.
Our president has beckoned the Sea Snake.
Our president has beckoned the Sea Snake.
Our president has beckoned the Sea Snake.
Our president has beckoned the Sea Snake.
Now you’ve done it. Soon we’ll be up to our elbows in sea snakes.
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But the DuNC says Iran has won the war? How can this be?
Where’s Iran getting these drones? Can’t we find out and blow it to smithereens?
Iran has no “grip” on the Strait to break.
Leave it to the MSM to mess up or telegraph our military plans. Been that way for decades.
Hope you stay well with those things. Are they covered by Obamacare?
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