"At a meeting in the Oval Office last week, a frustrated Mr. Trump pressed Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about why the United States could not immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The answer was straightforward: Even one Iranian soldier or militia member zipping across the narrow neck of the strait in a speedboat could fire a mobile missile right into a slow-moving supertanker, or plant a limpet mine on its hull."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/trump-stark-choices-iran-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TlA.MWFY.Z-vZXb9voC5a&smid=nytcore-android-share
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