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The US Navy retired its last four dedicated minesweepers from the Persian Gulf in September 2025. Five months later, Iran began mining the Strait of Hormuz. With tanker traffic down 70 percent, no Western coalition forming, and India and Pakistan running independent escort operations, the Hormuz crisis is rewriting the naval procurement agenda for every energy-importing nation.
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A Board of Peace member said the most dangerous weapons would be collected first. He linked compliance with disarmament to reconstruction beginning in the enclave.
Asked if it was related to the Strait of Hormuz– a key oil shipping channel through which roughly one-fifth of global oil supply passes– Trump answered affirmatively.
Transport unions say emergency declaration a ‘superficial band-aid’ that does not address root cause of fuel crisis.
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared a year-long national emergency as fuel supplies begin to dwindle.
Indian police have been stationed at petrol pumps in the state of Gujarat as people panic over possible fuel shortages.