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Oil tankers and other large ships move very slow, at 22-46 km/hr. That’s roughly the speed of a professional bicyclist.
The US blockade is not located at the mouth of the strait of Hormuz, where the US navy will get bombarded with missiles, but in the Indian Ocean. That’s around 2000km out.
So, if anything going to happen, there’s still plenty of time to do it
Ah I see.
However they've failed to do anything about Russia sending oil to Cuba. They will definitely pick and choose their piracy if they get away with any