US Navy will blockade Strait of Hormuz
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President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Navy to enforce a blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz. How will that work?
Donalds, who is running for the Republican nomination for Florida governor, reached back to the early 19th century for a precedent, citing a time when Ottoman Empire outposts demanded payments from U.S. shipping vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. The sporadic conflicts between 1801 and 1815 became known as the Barbary wars.
The blockade on the crucial waterway is officially in effect. Here is what we know so far.
The origin of the force is dated to the April 11, 1900, purchase of the USS Holland. Today the U.S. counts nearly 70 submarines, all nuclear-powered.
"CENTCOM forces will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports."
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