US Military Confirms It 'Disabled' Oil Tanker in Gulf of Oman
β TANKER β Washington just made the blockade official with a hull. π LOOK CLOSER: A US military confirmation of disabling a tanker reframes Hormuz: this is no longer ambiguous interdiction β it's declared seizure of commercial shipping. Tehran will cite this as a war act against neutral vessels, handing Iran legal cover at the UN and with trading partners. Gulf insurers will reprice all transiting hulls immediately. The dark-fleet workaround JPMorgan flagged just got more expensive.