The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) has issued a statement on Thursday calling on all commercial vessels operating in the Persian Gulf to transmit transit plans in advance to the US and British navies, citing increased military activity and tensions with Iran.
MARAD claimed there was a growing threat of miscalculation. It is not clear how many commercial ships are actually submitting their plans to the navies, but there is a lot of traffic in the area.
MARAD is also claiming that there is GPS interference in the Strait of Hormuz, accusing Iran of jamming signals in the area, and suggesting that ships refuse the Iranian military if it seeks to board their ships.
Suggesting that the ships call the Fifth Fleet if Iran wants to board them suggests the US believes it can rush a military solution to any such commercial ship, though it’s not at all clear that they can practically resist being boarded until the US arrives.
The outlaw empire and it’s european poodle are hell bent to take down Iran on behalf of their master Israel.
Wow, US territorial waters apparently cover an extraordinary amount of the globe, and supersede the territory of all other nations in the neighborhood.
That would be the “interests” part of that never ending nauseating statement about protecting our allies and our interests.
As for sending a US Navy ship to prevent an Iranian military boarding, of course that is precisely how you get into a shooting war. The US can simply sink the Iranian vessels involved and then order the Iranian military on the ship to surrender – which they will. And then you have your war with Iran.
The real goal – if they can’t get a war that way – because no ship owner wants that due to the risk to the ship – is to ramp up justification for a blockade of Iran. That will get the war going.
One way or another, the Iran war is going to happen. Maybe not this year or even next year. But it will happen, probably before Trump leaves office, as there will probably be no better President to start one, even if his successor can be persuaded to do so. Trump is probably the most controllable fool ever in the office.
hahahaha that’s a joke right, commercial vessels 6100 miles away from the US have to submit their itineraries to the US and Brits….. hahaha that’s a real joke
the US has no territorial or judicial claims in the persian gulf, at all…..notice it’s named the Persian Gulf and not the US-UK gulf
pay no attention to those bozos who are trying to run that train off the cliff