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If there was a moment when the absence of a US strategy on Iran was exposed, then this was it.
Donald Trump demanded on Saturday that the UK, China, France, Japan and others participate in a naval escort for oil tankers through the strait of Hormuz.
Despite launching the attack on Iran, with Israel, the White House does not seem to have fully anticipated what was likely to follow.
Iran had few good military options for fighting back, but attacking US bases, US allies and m…

Live updates: Trump and Iran say the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open, but US naval blockade will stay (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-17-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260417/p48#a260417p48

Iran foreign minister says passage though Hormuz strait is open during ceasefire
Passage through the strait will be on the coordinated route announced by the Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran
Trump says US naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain until deal is reached

It was a terrible mistake or maybe even a warcrime, but there are no excuses in these days of relative precise weaponry, satellite images, other intelligence. The USA killed innocent children and it could have been prevented.
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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base
The Feb. 28 school strike in Minab, which killed dozens, including children, appears to have been part of an attack on an adjacent naval base in southern Iran, where officials said U.S. forces were operating.

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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/iran-school-us-strikes-naval-base.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RFA.Cl3e.OATWk92DfpHR&smid=url-share

Really glad the US just decommissioned the four mine sweepers we’d had covering the Strait of Hormuz, and glad we live in such a peaceful world that we no longer need them there as they had been for the last 35 years. Phew.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz

Why the US Navy Is Decommissioning Its Minesweepers
A noteworthy fact about the Avenger-class minesweepers is that their hulls are constructed of wood—so as to avoid metal hull detection technology in modern naval mines.

Russia, Iran hold naval drills as tensions rise over potential US strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/russia-iran-hold-naval-drills.html

Fears about the global economic fallout from the war in Iran grew on Sunday
as the U.S. energy secretary acknowledged in a televised interview that there were
“no guarantees” that oil prices would fall in the coming weeks.
A day after President Trump called on other countries to send warships to the region to end the de facto Iranian blockade of the economically vital Strait of Hormuz,
foreign governments responded with caution— if at all

Iran War Live Updates: Israel Launches Strikes as Trump Urges World to Defend Strait of Hormuz
Iran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz to America and its allies, but the president’s earlier call for more naval reinforcements has gained little traction. The U.S. energy secretary, Chris Wright, acknowledged energy prices could remain high.

It's the economics of war, stupid!
"During the #Iran-Iraq war, America reflagged dozens of Kuwaiti tankers and escorted them through #Hormuz with the help of some 30 warships. Convoys of two or three tankers and several naval vessels departed, on average, once a week. Today, t…

“The ‘target coding’ provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency … labeled the school building [in #Minab, #Iran] [that had previously been part of the Revolutionary Guards’ adjacent naval base] as a military target when it was passed to Central Command.”
“Investigators do not yet fully understan…

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says
Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation, which undercuts President Trump’s assertion that Iran could be to blame.

RE: https://journa.host/@timkmak/116211577508212261
Convoys, people.
Convoys with naval escort.
It already worked back in WWII.

US strike likely hit Shajareh Tayyiba school in Minab, Iran due to outdated intelligence, sources briefed on initial findings say | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/11/politics/us-iran-school-strike-civilians

US strike likely hit a school in Iran due to outdated intelligence, sources briefed on initial findings say
The US military accidentally struck an Iranian elementary school, in an attack that state media said killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers, likely due to outdated information about a nearby naval base, according to two sources briefed on the preliminary findings of an ongoing military investigation.

"French Officer's Jogging App Strava Logs Inadvertently Expose France's Aircraft Carrier 'Charles de Gaulle' Location"
Jede noch so ausgefeilte Technik ist nutzlos, wenn du Menschen im Stab hast, die grundlegende Ideen der Datensicherheit nicht verstanden haben. m(
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French Officer's Jogging App Strava Logs Inadvertently Expose France's Aircraft Carrier 'Charles de Gaulle' Location
A French naval officer's morning run on a fitness app inadvertently revealed the location of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, sparking a national security review.

Trump announces naval blockade of Iran after Islamabad talks yield no deal (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/12/iran-us-talks-ceasefire-vance/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260412/p19#a260412p19

Canada restricts drug boat intel from U.S. navy's Caribbean airstrike operation
https://flip.it/XQ36Sk

¿Qué tal va el bloqueo naval que estš realizando el ejército de Trump en los Pirineos?

Trump: U.S. destroyed 9 Iranian naval ships and naval headquarters
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/01/trump-us-sinks-9-iran-warships-strait-of-hormuz

The grim choice facing the Trump administration: Economic or naval collapse? (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/09/business/oil-iran-strait-navy-economy
http://www.memeorandum.com/260310/p31#a260310p31

#Taiwan’s first Indigenous Defence #Submarine (IDS), Hai Kun (SS-711), also known as #Narwhal, successfully completed its first submerged sea trials on January 29, 2026.

Also finished reading "Neptune's Fortune" by Julian Sancton.
In 1708, the San José — loaded with a billion dollars in gold and silver bound for the Spanish crown — was sunk by the English off Cartagena. Cuban-American diver Roger Dooley spent decades trying to find it.
Strongest in the naval history and Dooley's Cuba years. The Big Five treasure hunter section drags, and the discovery itself feels anticlimactic.
Still a compelling read.
4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the…
The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon …

#GiftLink Please, share this information (if not this article) far and wide. This is a war crime.
U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/world/middleeast/iran-minab-school-strike.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R1A.8NFM.YymJ2fEGGzAW&smid=url-share

Die chinesische Mauer wird jetzt auf dem Meer "gebaut".
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Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/16/world/asia/china-ships-fish…

Video appears to show U.S. Tomahawk hit naval base near Iranian school (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/03/08/iran-school-strike-video-tomahawk/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzczMDI4ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc0NDExMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzMwMjg4MDAsImp0aSI6ImY2NGI0NmJlLTI1OTQtNDJhZS1hZjk5LTk1ZjEzMWIxZThkZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW9ucy8yMDI2LzAzLzA4L2lyYW4tc2Nob29sLXN0cmlrZS12aWRlby10b21haGF3ay8ifQ.5sY0UN6tjkUYJhbA9sn6qNzhBe6UQ-NYlWCoD_hSIP8&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260309/p32#a260309p32

If a convoy came under attack from Iranian missiles or drones, the escorting warship would have only seconds to respond.
Similar escort and air defence efforts have already been seen in the Red Sea against Houthi attacks, so there is a working model.
The problem is that such operations consume major resources and are extremely costly if they are to be sustained for every transit.
The danger would not come only from the air or the shore.
Iran could also rely on swarms…

The challenges of securing Hormuz as 6 nations issue joint statement - Naval News
The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Canada issued a joint statement on the Strait of Hormuz. They expressed their readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait. As things stand today however, such a task appears to be rather difficult.

Trump administration weighs naval blockade to halt Cuban oil imports (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/trump-administration-weighs-naval-blockade-to-halt-cuban-oil-imports-00744708
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p76#a260123p76

Dutch MoD Selects F21 MK2 torpedoes over MK48 for future submarines.
#EU #Europe #military #submarines

Dutch MoD Selects F21 MK2 torpedoes over MK48 for future submarines - Naval News
The Dutch Ministry of Defense announced it has selected the French F21 MK2 heavyweight torpedo for its future Orka-class submarines. The initial plan was to integrate the American MK48 which is currently used by the Royal Netherlands Navy aboard the in-service Walrus-class submarines.

"Yabut they shouldn't have put a school next to a naval base."
- MAGA, soon, if they haven't already.
#Iran #USA #war #shame #lies

The neoconservatives,
who dominated the Pentagon and the White House after 9/11
believed the US could use force to remake the Middle East,
and their project left us with two enduring concepts that still shape American military power and politics today:
creative chaos and strategic deception.
These are the intellectual doctrines of neoconservatism,
an ideology that bears constant re-examination.
Legacy One: Creative chaos
The intellectual arch…

The carrier of creative chaos
On March 31, the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush departed naval station Norfolk in Virginia, bound for the Middle East to join the other three carriers (USS Lincoln, Tripoli and New Orleans) …

“Nuclear talks with the United States are scheduled to be held in Muscat on about 10am Friday,” wrote the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi.
“I’m grateful to our Omani brothers for making all necessary arrangements.”
US officials also indicated the talks in Oman will go forward.
They will take place amid a massive buildup of US naval and airpower in the region and appear to be a last chance for Tehran to avert a US strike against the country’s leadership and nuclear …

Trump Says U.S. 'Armada' Is Heading to Iran (Abdi Latif Dahir/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/world/middleeast/trump-armada-iran-naval-force.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p64#a260123p64

Japan, the Philippines and the United States held joint military drills near the Bashi Channel -- the waterway between the Philippines and Taiwan, for the first time earlier this week.
The naval and aerial exercises were conducted under the framework of the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MMCA), and ran from Feb. 20 through Thursday.
On Tuesday, the Maritime Self-Defense Force took part in the drills, deploying a P-3C patrol aircraft for flight training alongside the…

On a hazy afternoon in the Persian Gulf nearly 40 years ago,
the captain of a U.S. Navy frigate summoned Lt. Gordan Van Hook to the bridge and handed him a pair of binoculars.
Through them, Lieutenant Van Hook, the ship’s chief engineer, saw the danger that lay ahead
— three Iranian mines.
The frigate, part of an American force sent to escort oil tankers, came to a stop well ahead of the mines.
But some 10 minutes later, an undetected mine exploded under the shi…

What Happened After a U.S. Warship Hit an Iranian Mine in 1988
President Trump has suggested providing escorts for stranded tankers. A mine strike on a U.S. frigate in the Persian Gulf shows the perils of doing so.

“The classic line of everybody, including myself, up to this point, was always,
‘it’s too big to fail,’ it will never close,”
said Neil Crosby, head of oil research at Sparta, an energy market analysis firm.
“Western or allied naval powers will never allow this to happen.”
At around 35 miles wide, maybe it was actually too small to fail — or just small enough that it could.

War in Iran Reveals Strait of Hormuz’s Weakness as an Oil Bottleneck
But at just 35 miles wide, it did. It’s just the latest evidence of how dependent the global economy is on a handful of choke points.