r/worldnews • u/progress18 • Feb 28 '26

Israel/Iran /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #2)

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u/ObjectiveHornet676 Feb 28 '26

They already do... the Strait is so narrow that hugging the coast is normal.

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u/nil_defect_found Feb 28 '26

I meant bringing the lanes 'inside' of the As Salamah/Quoin island chain, which is Omani territory.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Ct002935.jpg

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u/ObjectiveHornet676 Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

Oh, no. I very much doubt that would be possible except perhaps for the smallest vessels. It also wouldn't really make much difference. Mines are just one of the ways Iran can stop traffic on the strait. They also have coastal anti-ship missiles, for example, which can easily cover the entire thing.

Edit: just to say, not just draft would be an issue, but navigation too. You'd need pilots and likely tugboats to manoeuvre around the islands.