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Echoes of the Tanker War: The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Revisited
As the U.S. launches a tenth night of strikes against Iranian targets amid chaos in the Strait of Hormuz, the current confrontation bears a striking resemblance to the naval warfare of the 1980s. History shows that when the world's most critical energy chokepoint becomes a theater of direct combat, the risks of escalation are high but the pressure for a negotiated ceasefire often follows.