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Captain explains reality of Hormuz Strait passage​

Apr 9, 2026 #Hormuz #iran #war
For a full five weeks, until a ceasefire was declared early on Wednesday, Captain Raman Kapoor and his crude oil tanker crew were caught in a war zone in the Persian Gulf, “sitting ducks”, along with 20,000 fellow seafarers, for the drones and missiles zigzagging above their heads between Iran, its neighbours and the US military.

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What the genius of Trump is doing in 10 minutes...

Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Jujitsu vs. Iran, Europe’s NATO Weakness, and the Swalwell Scandal Fallout​

 

CAUGHT LYING: Media Admits It Prefers Iran's Nukes Over a Trump Win — Here's Why​

 
Bottom Feeder said:
agree, agree, agree — we'll see
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Same here... wait and see, but I've come to not discount Trump.

After all the crap he's been through and he still comes out on top... I wouldn't bet against him!


"Hezboolah" LOL
 
Fatrat said:
Well, there is the matter of the lost Sea Mines, we blew up the people who knew where they were and destroyed the boats needed to pick them up...other than that, we're fine.
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How do we know there are any sea mines at all?
 
Some time ago , I read that the Iranians had developed their sea mines to only detonate on command ie not just dumb mines .
Just sit quietly on the bottom of those relatively shallow corridors and await a call . Probably not rocket science for a pretty clever bunch of people ……
And even one version that could quietly position / reposition itself as instructed.

Don’t underestimate them.
 
They have great engineering, I can see them making remote controlled movable mines...
 

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Fatrat said:
He smoking Crack, it cost a fortune to keep all those ships stationed there.
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Actually, it costs a fortune for those ships to sit ANYWHERE. May as well be there... practicing.

Better than all those sailor boys getting drunk at the bar!
 
Goldhedge said:
How do we know there are any sea mines at all?
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Fatrat said:
They have great engineering, I can see them making remote controlled movable mines...
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Just some food for thought.

Strait of Hormuz - Mines - Strauss Center

Flexible, relatively cheap and historically effective, military forces deploy naval mines at various water depths, in both defensive and offensive situations. Defensively, military forces deploy mines to discourage undesired entrance into territorial waters. Offensively, mines are deployed to...
www.strausscenter.org

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Iranian Mines in the Strait of Hormuz not ‘Showstoppers’
 
UK and France to lead defensive mission in Strait of Hormuz
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HORAY — here comes the cavalry
BCC

The UK and France will lead a multinational mission to protect commercial shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
 
Wow, a little late and if America goes back to war, they will be in range, great time for Argentina to reclaim the Falklands or should I say Malvinas....
 
Won't this be revealing...





Oh look... yet another Quincidence!



 
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OK, now I get the meaning of Q's reference to The Sum Of All Fears.

In the movie a rogue group smuggles a nuke into the US and detonates it, hoping to provoke nuclear war with Russia. But Ryan and his team figure out the plutonium came from the US originally and therefore could not have been Russian - as happens in the clip Clandestine has there.

This post kicks off with the route U1 uranium took to finally end up in Iran. And the last line is the reference to the movie.

I believe the key idea we're supposed to take away from the reference is that the US will be able to trace Iran's uranium supply right back to the US itself and Uranium One.
 
So now I hear the Strait is closed. WTF? Only a matter of time until the entire planet sees the results of this lunacy.
 
Fatrat said:
Wow, a little late and if America goes back to war, they will be in range, great time for Argentina to reclaim the Falklands or should I say Malvinas....
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I used to side with the UK on the Falklands and have been invited to film a documentary for the CFF, but have changed my allegience to Buenos Aires due to recent politics.
 
nickndfl said:
I used to side with the UK on the Falklands and have been invited to film a documentary for the CFF, but have changed my allegience to Buenos Aires due to recent politics.
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The Uk claims the Falklands for fishing rights, minerals and oil, might as well give it back to Argentina.
 
searcher said:
So now I hear the Strait is closed. WTF? Only a matter of time until the entire planet sees the results of this lunacy.
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Trump's blockades broke the ceasefire, it's only a ceasefire if ALL people stop shooting and we didn't.
 
From what I've gleaned from all this is Iran's economy is tanking via high inflation.

They HAVE to sell oil to get money to keep going.

Trump blocking the Strait keeps them from getting any money.

Iran can only store so much oil as they have capacity.

Once their 'tank is full' they have to stop production.

That happens in about 2 weeks... less since the blockade.
 
But it breaks the ceasefire...so Iran closes the Strait and Trump is back to square one.
As for inflation, it kicking ass in America too as Nursing homes dump poor people at homeless shelters...
 
in case you forgot... Q is the 17th letter in the alphabet... and has been endemic in Trump's presidency from the git go,

But I'm sure it's just a Quincidence....

 
Typical of the City of London to claim ownership... they don't want to be the spy left out in the cold?

 
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