In Reply to: "Iran has no cards" posted by Ed Gooding (VA) on April 14, 2026 at 11:39:00:
Well, maybe.
Already several ships have sailed through the straight including at least one Chinese owned tanker without intervention by the US Navy. It appears that the so-called "blockade" is quite porous.
I predicted that both Russia and China would test the resolve of the US bolckade but did not expect it to happen within 24 hours.