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News & Current Events Apr 27, 2026 at 1:25 AM

U.S. Navy intercepts sanctioned "shadow fleet" oil tanker in Arabian Sea; 37 vessels now redirected under ongoing Iran blockade as peace talks hit impasse

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Budgeko Apr 27, 2026 +2
🇺🇸🇺🇸
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ScumbagGina Apr 27, 2026 -44
Are we just calling it a “shadow fleet” whenever a country doesn’t broadcast the locations of its ships to America for them to steal?
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sarges_12gauge Apr 27, 2026 +49
No, it’s pretty consistently called a shadow fleet when Belgium, France, and the UK seize ships as well
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CommiRhick Apr 27, 2026 -41
Western vassals, not much surprising there. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. lgnorance is strength.
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sarges_12gauge Apr 27, 2026 +25
Pretty sure they’re just part of the West itself
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RobertTheAdventurer Apr 27, 2026 +23
And "shadow fleet" refers to intentional and elaborate avoidance of international laws, somewhat on the level of fraud, since the ships are deliberately unregistered or falsely registered.
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doolpicate Apr 27, 2026 -25
Piracy
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Adept-Target5407 Apr 27, 2026 -58
What is our navy going to do if all ships just say f*** off and do a speed run through the straight. There’s no way we have enough ships in the area to legitimately stop all of them without massive destruction. We can’t just stop global commerce if the whole world tells us to f*** off.
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Terrenator Apr 27, 2026 +57
If ships aren't brave enough to charge through the straight at the risk of Iran attacking them, then they are certainly not going to charge through a US naval blockade.
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hiricinee Apr 27, 2026 +15
The US Navy did blow open an engine room and capture a vessel recently.
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McGrevin Apr 27, 2026 +27
Cargo ships are like the easiest target ever. A small well-equipped navy could blow the engines of every cargo ship trying to make a run for it. And I hope it goes without saying that the US Navy significantly exceeds a small well-equipped navy.
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CommiRhick Apr 27, 2026 -13
At which point Iran no longer needs mines to block the straight... If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. That won't solve this global crisis. Any gains the US sees will be shortlived compared to the malice and vitriol that will soon follow.
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longpenisofthelaw Apr 27, 2026 +24
It’s the same as running towards an exit with an armed gunman waiting for anyone to try exactly that and also the floor on the way to the exit has landmines.
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roguemenace Apr 27, 2026 +6
Also you're an 80 year old that needs a walker and the gunman is Oscar Pistorius.
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faffc260 Apr 27, 2026 +10
one shell to each's engine compartment that makes it past iranian sea mines in the two shipping lanes through the strait when they get in range, a hellfire missile or two to do the same thing from a helicopter/drone from one of the carriers, etc... edit: fixed typo of stait from formerly saying straight.
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Adept-Target5407 Apr 27, 2026 -5
Oh wow that whole thing would be full of mines and sunken ships. It’s goanna be closed for the next 5 years.
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jackleggjr Apr 27, 2026 +9
S.S. Leroy Jenkinsssssss
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FedBathroomInspector Apr 27, 2026 +9
Because most of the traffic is being funneled through a narrow corridor by Iran. Makes it easy for the US to restrict what is left.
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