The United States has intensified military operations in the Strait of Hormuz, deploying A-10 “Thunderbolt” aircraft and Apache helicopters to target Iranian attack boats and drones threatening commercial shipping, according to U.S. officials cited by The Wall Street Journal.
The effort is part of a broader, multi-phase Pentagon plan to reduce risks posed by Iranian naval forces, sea mines and cruise missiles that have disrupted traffic through the strait since early March. Roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes through the narrow corridor.
Only once those threats are sufficiently degraded, officials say, will the…
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