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Every Vessel Tracked Crossing Hormuz on the Most Recent Day Used the Shipping Route Iran Established Itself

Only fifteen vessels crossed Hormuz on Wednesday, against roughly a hundred and thirty a day before the war, and nearly all remaining traffic now...

Jack BuckbyJuly 23, 2026

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A King’s College Expert Doubts Tehran Ordered This at All — He Thinks the Houthis Are Exploiting Iran’s Distraction

Riyadh has confirmed that the tanker Encelia caught fire near Bab el-Mandeb, with its crew safe and no significant spill. The Houthis call it...

Brandon WeichertJuly 23, 2026

Dollars and Sense

‘She’s on Fire’: The Houthis Say They Just Hit 2 Saudi Oil Tankers in the Red Sea as Oil Could Soon Hit $100 Per Barrel

Yemen's Houthis say they attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, the first claimed enforcement of the blockade they declared this week....

Harry J. KazianisJuly 23, 2026

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 participates in an air power demonstration near the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) April 24, 2013, in the Pacific Ocean. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group was returning from an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Ignacio D. Perez/Released)

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The Real Houthi and Hormuz Problem: The U.S. Navy Can’t Win a War Over Fear

Three tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia reversed course in the Red Sea on Tuesday and headed for Suez instead. Nobody fired at...

Andrew LathamJuly 22, 2026

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 21, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) transits the Mediterranean Sea in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel Gaither/Released)

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Saudi Arabia Built a Whole Pipeline to Escape Hormuz — and Now Needs the One Strait the Houthis Are Threatening to Close

The Houthis are threatening to blockade the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea passage Saudi Arabia leaned on after building a pipeline to bypass...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 22, 2026

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Combat Drill. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Dollars and Sense

An Oil Tanker Bound for China Made a Complete U-Turn at the Yemen Border — and Five More Have Already Changed Course

The Iran-backed Houthis have declared a naval blockade of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a passage just fourteen miles wide that Saudi Arabia depends on...

Isaac SeitzJuly 22, 2026

The Treaty

The Houthis Have Not Fired a Single Shot at Red Sea Shipping — and Saudi Tankers Are Already Reversing Course Away From It

The Iran-backed Houthis have not sealed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but the threat alone has been enough: three Saudi tankers bound for China and...

Brandon WeichertJuly 22, 2026

U.S. Air Force Maj. Josh Gunderson, F-22 Demo Team commander, performs the Raptor Slide during the Abbotsford Airshow, Aug. 5, 2021, at Abbotsford International Airport, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. During the Raptor-slide the aircraft actually slides down and backwards under control before Gunderson adjusts the aircrafts position and powers out of the maneuver. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Don Hudson)

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Saudi Arabia Quietly Moved Its Oil Exports to the Red Sea to Get Around Hormuz — and the Houthis Can Choke That Route Too

Saudi Arabia quietly rerouted much of its crude to Red Sea ports to bypass Hormuz, and now moves more than three million barrels a...

Brandon WeichertJuly 22, 2026

At sea (Mar. 1, 2007) – Capt. Craig “Animal” Williams (front) in a F/A 18C Hornet (front) and Capt. Richard “Rhett” Butler (back) in an F/A 18C Hornet look up for a photo as they fly over USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Capt. Williams, a 22-year Naval Aviator who graduated from the United States Naval Academy, was relieved as Commander, Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) by 21-year Naval Aviator, Capt. Butler, a graduate of the University of Kentucky during an aerial change of command ceremony. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean on a surge deployment in support of U.S. military operations in the Western Pacific. Official U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Tam Pham

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The Houthis Are Now Targeting One of the World’s Biggest Oil Exporters — and Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Lifeline Is the Prize

The war in Iran is escalating again, with the Pentagon asking Congress to fund far longer operations, Iran striking Gulf states that host American...

Caleb LarsonJuly 22, 2026

National Security Journal

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Every Vessel Tracked Crossing Hormuz on the Most Recent Day Used the Shipping Route Iran Established Itself

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A King’s College Expert Doubts Tehran Ordered This at All — He Thinks the Houthis Are Exploiting Iran’s Distraction

Dollars and Sense

‘She’s on Fire’: The Houthis Say They Just Hit 2 Saudi Oil Tankers in the Red Sea as Oil Could Soon Hit $100 Per Barrel

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Real Houthi and Hormuz Problem: The U.S. Navy Can’t Win a War Over Fear

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Saudi Arabia Built a Whole Pipeline to Escape Hormuz — and Now Needs the One Strait the Houthis Are Threatening to Close

Dollars and Sense

An Oil Tanker Bound for China Made a Complete U-Turn at the Yemen Border — and Five More Have Already Changed Course

The Treaty

The Houthis Have Not Fired a Single Shot at Red Sea Shipping — and Saudi Tankers Are Already Reversing Course Away From It

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Saudi Arabia Quietly Moved Its Oil Exports to the Red Sea to Get Around Hormuz — and the Houthis Can Choke That Route Too

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Houthis Are Now Targeting One of the World’s Biggest Oil Exporters — and Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Lifeline Is the Prize

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