US military says two of its ships crossed through Strait of Hormuz

As if the 9-5 wasn’t stressful enough!

Please don't call it a war. War needs approval of congress, this is just a special market manipulation operation. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

This isn't even warfare at this point it's a cash grab.

Well Pedonald needs some good news by the Monday trade opening. It doesn't matter if the news are real or not.

It's almost as if someone is trying to manipulate them.

Not to mention, if the (current) U.S. military says it, it must be true even if so far their word has been about as iron clad as a bridge made out of scotch tape.

Only war *so far*.

So we have to wait and see undeniable footage to figure out whether Iran or the US are lying.... Wheres James Cameron, someone needs to pull the bar from the ocean floor

Saw this quote in the NY Post yesterday. “You’re dealing against people that we don’t know whether or not they tell the truth,” Trump told The Post. I nearly died laughing.

If tankers arent passing through freely, does any side of this story really matter?

We dont know if they are both lying but we know who is definitely lying

These lies are going to make it very difficult for normal traffic to start flowing again through the strait. For oil and insurance companies won't feel confident enough to take either country's word on the matter. In the end, if both countries don't completely align on what next steps are. Then I would assume the UN would have to step in to assure the safety of the ships.

I’m Ok with letting both sides believe they’ve won. So long as they stop killing one another. 

You can track the ships easily.

The whole point of these ships sailing there in the first place is propaganda. They aren't minesweepers, so the 'clearing mines' excuse is just that. The only reason they're there is so the Orange Taco can boast to his cult by pointing at them and claiming he controls the Strait. Never mind that ships still aren't crossing it unless Iran specifically allows them to. He's trying to make the most of this ceasefire for his ratings.

People also should be aware that internet connection in Iran is non-existant now. As such people in Iran have zero idea what's going on. They aren't on Listnook, they haven't seen Trump's tweets, they know nothing about what's going on except what the regime is telling them. And Iranian TV tells them the US has surrendered, and Iran has won. No amount of threats and bluster from Trump, nor exhortations for the Iranian people to rise up, ever reach the people of Iran.

I mean , this is pretty easy to prove one way or another…. Simply what side of the strait is the boat now, if it’s done through and it’s on the other side the us are telling the truth, if it’s not then Iran is telling the truth…

Yeah I’m gonna go out on a limb and say Iran wouldn’t be issuing warnings that actually mean anything. There was either no warning or an empty one, if they wanted to try and hit the ship they’d have just done so 

If the U.S. Navy decided to conduct FONOPS they already know that Iran will threaten an attack.  Iran threatening an attack is not an unexpected outcome.  A single drone would not “scare off” two Destroyers.  Two destroyers could handle 10 - 20 drones easily and when you add air cover, which would also be deployed, that number goes up.  There isn’t a “turning back” by the Destroyers in this scenario.  

I mean technically they still crossed then, just immediately returned

Honestly, f*** the Iranian govt, but they have been speaking far more truthfully than Trump.

They did not pass. They had to return. Go to the tracker and see for yourself: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:55.4/centery:26.0/zoom:9

It’s something only Listnookors care about

Right, but now two war ships with the backing of multiple F35 with air to air weapons can freely sail through.

This is the thing that’s really at play here. Iran doesn’t gain nearly as much from hitting a US naval ship as it does from striking ships carrying things like oil.

They will just pay the ayatoll booth. Commercial companies don't care about politics

Sorry, just to clarify, but if it was posted on X then does that mean it’s not true? Doesn’t it have to be posted on truth social to be verifiable information.

Nope, the ships were turned away. Iran "remains determined not to allow any vessel to transit without authorization," semiofficial news agency Tasnim reported. According to the outlet, there is no traffic in the strait at the moment, and "the American destroyer that intended to pass through the strait was not granted permission." https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-trump-iran-hormuz-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-talks-pakistan-rcna285140

What about the other ship? Uss frank peterson according to another post here

I believe Bloomberg. Sailing destroyers within range of hostile shore based artillery and drones is just a really dumb idea.

It’s probably force posture, a threat if talks don’t go well.

I mean, if I had to bet using only history as my guide…

Yep. And we can possibly e***** some ships on the narrowest part but what about the whole other part of the strait? The whole area is under range of Iranian drones. They would need a golden dome that is 10 times larger than Israel’s.

Thy don’t but they can evaluate the conditions and are both heavily armed.  Better to send them through first as part of Freedom of Navigation (FONOPS)

Except it was a ghost crew.......

They could have sailed through the strait just fine on February 27th 2026.

Lets see another navy do it then, maybe the Iranian navy could try?

lol somehow I knew the first comment was going to be someone framing this as a bad thing.

They are protected by international law on war crimes and the ICC! The ICC is going to issue war crimes arrest for every last operator who launched attacks on civilian ships. >[Iran has achieved](https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-the-international-criminal-court-isnt-taking-on-iran-9e789091) a singular statistic in its current front against Israel. After firing more than 400 missiles over nearly a month, Tehran apparently hasn’t hit a single Israeli military target. That leaves the Islamic Republic with a 100% civilian casualty ratio—a benchmark of the number of civilian casualties relative to combatant ones. >Not long ago, civilian casualty ratios were at the heart of discussions of the Israel-Gaza war, with Israel’s critics claiming that “disproportionate” levels of civilian casualties were evidence of war crimes. In reality, Israel’s infliction of 30% to 40% military casualties on an adversary hiding behind civilians was impressive by the standards of urban warfare. Now that Iran is batting a consistent .000, commentators seem less focused on casualty ratios. Oh wait, the ICC isn't even investigating Iran. They did recently start investigating Israel.

That is costing you guys billions and billions of your tax dollars.

Shake it all about