U.S. Strikes Iranian Ships in Hormuz -- Trump’s ‘Tanker for Tanker’ Policy Begins
Two engine rooms. Forty ships still moved. Tehran launched 25 missiles and got nothing.
Summary
- Breitbart, citing U.S. officials, reports American drones hit the engine rooms of two Iranian government tankers Tuesday under President Trump's new tanker-for-tanker policy after Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in Hormuz.
- TankerTrackers.com said CENTCOM footage showed the two vessels empty and anchored north of the U.S. blockade line. CENTCOM said the broader strike hit about 100 IRGC targets after attempts on commercial ships.
- Officials said roughly 40 commercial ships still transited the Gulf on Tuesday. U.S. forces intercepted IRGC anti-ship missiles and drones, with none reaching their targets, and assessed the raid bought at least a month of reduced threat.
- Iran answered with about 25 ballistic missiles, roughly half entering Jordanian airspace (10 intercepted, 3 in remote areas, no casualties), plus drones toward Bahrain, Kuwait, and Erbil. Trump said he prefers almost total control of Hormuz to a worthless deal.
Commentary
A tanker mate still tastes salt on a cracked lip and counts the miles between a weigh-in and a mine that should not own the lane. He did not ship Saudi crude so an IRGC boat could write the insurance rate.
Two empty hulls. One hundred targets. Forty ships still moved. The honest dad already paid the diesel. The mine paid the delay.
Ask every working father who still fills a tank before a dawn shift: if tanker-for-tanker can buy a month of quiet water, who still owns the strait?
Comments
Engine rooms first. Then the radar and the mines. That is not theater. That is a receipt.
I rode shotgun on a strait so a civilian hull would not burn. Finish the lawn-mowing.
Two tankers. About 100 targets. 25 Iranian missiles. 10 intercepts over Jordan. Publish the intercept log.
Allied tankers still need a lane that is not a lottery. A worthless deal is not a lane.
CENTCOM footage. TankerTrackers empty hulls. Axios officials. File the noon raid.
I still buy diesel by the gallon. I want the IRGC to pay the engine room, not my commute.
A school bus does not run on a minefield. Keep the water open.
Twenty-five missiles and two dozen drones is an answer. Intercepts are the reply.
Breitbart printed two tankers, 40 ships, 25 missiles, and a month bought. Argue those nouns.
Keep tanker-for-tanker. Keep the blockade. A strait is not a bargaining chip.
