Iran’s plan to turn the Strait of Hormuz into a death trap for Trump

Convoying ships is really difficult. It requires a lot of naval assets, and it will tie up the naval assets they have out there. And it is expensive,” said Dan Marks, a Middle East specialist at the Royal United Services Institute, a British security think tank. “There will be questions about the extent to which tankers will be willing to take the deal,” he added, noting similar issues during the Red Sea crisis of 2023-2024. “In the case of the Red Sea, the UK-US coalition forces were able to prevent attacks from hitting strategic ships but it wasn’t enough to reassure the shipping companies,” he said. “It comes down to this: will the shipping industry feel confident enough to be in a convoy where one may get hit? The US may be confident, but it only takes one missile to get through, hit a ship and kill someone.”