The Strait of Hormuz is a data problem, not just a military one
via fortune.com
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Since the first tanker pushed through it, the Strait of Hormuz has been treated as a static math problem. You tallied the hulls, weighed the warheads and assumed you knew the score. If you could map the Fifth Fleet’s tonnage against the IRGC’s mine density, you had a working theory on who held the leverage […]