Strait of Hormuz

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• Even the simulated F-16 fighter jet you were piloting into a hostile zone near the Strait of Hormuz.
• Iran borders the Strait of Hormuz, conduit for roughly two - fifths of all globally traded oil.
• New investments in antimine ships and other naval technologies appear designed to help the U.S. counter any moves by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz, the choke point through which nearly 20% of the world's traded oil passes. Panetta Outlines Pentagon Cutbacks
• U. S. Fifth Fleet said on the 20th, a submarine and an amphibious landing ship earlier in the day in Iran near the Strait of Hormuz collision.
• Iran said Wednesday its Revolutionary Guard Corps would conduct large-scale air, land and sea exercises in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, apparently including the strategic Strait of Hormuz, at a time of heightened tensions between Tehran and the West over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Iran Launches War Games, Lobbies Against Sanctions
• Even the simulated F-16 fighter jet you were piloting into a hostile zone near the Strait of Hormuz.
• That's just south of the Gulf of Oman, the waterway that feeds into the Strait of Hormuz. Pirate Threat Grows in Gulf
• Adam Haslett's page-turner of a debut novel ranges brilliantly from the Strait of Hormuz to the outskirts of Boston to the belly of the financial beast — New York's Federal Reserve. Union Atlantic: Summary and book reviews of Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett.
• The rescue came just days after Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz and warned the Stennis, which is deployed in the region and recently transited the Strait, not to return to the Persian Gulf. Standoff Brewing, U.S. Navy Rescues Iranian Fishing Boat From Pirates
• The Iranians have already had fleet maneuvers in and about the Strait of Hormuz, and seemingly the message is clear: inhibit our oil exports and we will make passage of any oil through the Strait of Hormuz -- perhaps the most important oil channel in the world, through which some 20% of the world's oil traffics -- closed to all. Raymond J. Learsy: Just In Time -- Iran Threatens To Close Strait Of Hormuz To Oil Transit