A $1,300,000,000 US Navy Ticonderoga-Class Cruiser Was Almost Sunk By a $1,500 Mine in the Persian Gulf
A $1.3 Billion Cruiser USS Princeton Was Nearly Sunk By A $1,500 Mine – On February 18, 1991,…
Iran Dropped a Strategic Master Stroke in the Strait of Hormuz — and Donald Trump Now Looks Helpless Can’t Fix It
Donald Trump Bombed Iran for 13 Nights. Tehran Still Claims Control of the Strait of Hormuz: President Donald…
Iran-US Talks Resume in Doha: Strait of Hormuz Shipping Slowly Recovers – News and Statistics
Jun 30, 2026 Talks between Iranian and American officials are scheduled to resume in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday,…
Iran rejects France’s proposal to demine Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi has rejected France’s proposal to demine the…
Strait of Hormuz Mine Threat Persists After US-Iran Peace Deal – News and Statistics
Jun 29, 2026 The United Nations International Maritime Organization reported on Friday that roughly 80 mines are still…
Iran Fired on a Ship in the Strait of Hormuz — and Now the Evacuation of 11,000 Stranded Sailors Has Been Halted
The IRGC fired on and hit a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday near the…
Will the European Strait of Hormuz Force Float?
A flotilla of ships destined to bulk out the FS Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group has joined…
Strait of Hormuz Talks Produce Road Map, but Mines Still Block Normal Shipping
The first round of direct negotiations between the United States and Iran concluded early Monday at a resort…
Ships Told They Can Use South Hormuz Route With Signals On
By Weilun Soon and Alex Longley Jun 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Ships can consider transiting the Strait of Hormuz along…
European Strait of Hormuz Force Inches Forward
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by President Trump in Evian, France, on June 17, commits Iran and…
Naval Mines Could Still Stymie Gulf Shipping After War
The Navy also employs underwater drones that use side-scanning sonar emitters to map the seafloor. Typically, Navy divers…
Europeans Wary of Committing Naval Power to Hormuz Quickly
By Andrea Palasciano, Samy Adghirni, Ania Nussbaum and Gerry Doyle Jun 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –European officials are wary of…