US eyes indefinite Iran naval blockade

Friday, August 14, 2026

US Vice President JD Vance outlines Washington's key objectives in the Iran conflict as keeping energy prices stable for Americans, preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons and securing a stronger US position. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says that the US can sustain its blockade against Iran "indefinitely".

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... keeping energy prices stable for Americans, ...

stable?

At what price level will that stability be attained?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-14 12:43 AM | Reply

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says that the US can sustain its blockade against Iran "indefinitely".*

(* Ammo is not included in the secretary's miscalculation.)

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-14 07:06 AM | Reply

They're not running low on Hellfire missiles. That's what they keep shooting into the blockade running freighters.

The current priority of Iranian special forces is to have their Iraqi surrogate militias send drones at the Kurds in Erbil.

#3 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-08-14 08:51 AM | Reply

Otherwise not much is going on outside of dual blockades that don't have any ship traffic to shoot at right now.

#4 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-08-14 08:52 AM | Reply

Currently only one side of the blockade has gas lines that look like you are in Crimea

#5 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-08-14 11:51 AM | Reply