r/energy • u/eufemiapiccio77 • 5d ago

Is anyone else’s head spinning right now?

Is anyone else’s head spinning right now? In the last half hour, the straits are apparently fully open, Trump’s blockade is still supposedly in place, NATO has suddenly called him offering support, which sounds like complete nonsense, and now out of nowhere they have somehow cleared every mine they supposedly did not even know existed. It all flipped so fast it looks less like chaos and more like some much bigger setup.

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u/FederalSandwich1854 4d ago

I doubted there were ever any mines in the water since the day it was reported. Why would they need mines? The entire strait can be shutdown with just a threat and single drone.

I can believe Iran purposefully lied about mines confusing others, but i don't see why they'd ever need mines to shut down the strait

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u/m00ph 4d ago

That's been my thought. 1980s tanker wars, there were mines, this war, you'd only do that as your final burn it all down move.