Iran Strikes Oil Tanker Under US Military Escort off Oman Coast
💥 HORMUZ — Iran just hit a tanker the US Navy was physically protecting. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Striking an escorted vessel is a deliberate test — Iran is forcing Washington to choose between absorbing a direct military humiliation or retaliating. A successful hit under escort collapses the escort program's deterrent value entirely. Every tanker captain and insurer now reassesses. Pentagon must respond or cede control of the southern corridor. Markets gap on open.
