Iran's Oil Chokepoints: Kharg & Hormuz Under Siege

A Strait Too Narrow for War Games

Picture this: a 21-mile-wide waterway where supertankers snake single-file, carrying one-fifth of the world's oil. Now imagine Iranian missiles eyeing that funnel, the Strait of Hormuz, while across the Gulf, Kharg Island—Tehran's oil export nerve center—sits vulnerable. With the US-Israel-Iran conflict now a month old, fresh threats have US officials sounding alarms and even Ukraine pitching in drones. It's not hyperbole; it's the new normal threatening to...