Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran didn't have to defeat the US military. It only had to survive, keep Hormuz restricted, and make the war expensive enough that waiting...
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The Treaty
Neither side can force the other to fold, and neither is talking directly anymore. Iran has survived two rounds of maximum pressure already. Meanwhile...
Dollars and Sense
The administration says 8 to 8.5 million barrels move through the strait each night. An independent tracking firm counts closer to 3 million a...
The Treaty
Trump calls it a chess game and says he's only semi-negotiating. Meanwhile the demands Iran once reserved for nuclear talks are attached to the...
Dollars and Sense
Exxon's Gulf plants ran at 95 percent last quarter, Chevron's at 97, Shell's above 102. Those numbers look like strength. They describe an industry...
The Treaty
The war was pitched as four days to five weeks. Six months later, Hormuz is still closed, the Houthis hold Bab el-Mandeb, and Iran's...
The Treaty
Oil traders aren't celebrating yet — the last agreement collapsed within weeks. This one reportedly gives Iran a level of control over the world's...
Dollars and Sense
Trump says we'll know within 48 hours — the strait opens "very soon," or Iran gets "hit very hard." But the fine print holds...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A Strait of Hormuz deal has been reported as close, but there had been no announcement of a final agreement as of Thursday morning.