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The Essential 1980s Tanker War: Oil and Hormuz

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🚢 The Tanker War of the 1980s: Oil, Conflict, and the Strait of Hormuz The Tanker War Strait of Hormuz was one of the most dangerous maritime conflicts of the late twentieth century. It unfolded during the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) and turned the Strait of Hormuz into a battlefield. This narrow waterway, already the world’s … Read more

The Strait of Hormuz: Essential Energy Lifeline and West Asia Flashpoint

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Oil tanker burning in the Strait of Hormuz amid military conflict, with Iranian speedboat, U.S. Navy destroyer, and fighter jets launching missiles under smoky skies

The strait of Hormuz is a narrow but immensely powerful waterway. It connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. At its tightest point, it is only thirty-three kilometers wide. Yet through this narrow passage flows nearly one-fifth of the world’s traded oil. A fifth of global liquefied natural gas … Read more