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voidfunctoday at 1:29 PM7 repliesview on HN

Do they? I just looked at a map and I see very little oil infrastructure on that side of Hormuz plus isn't Oman Iran aligned?


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infectotoday at 1:35 PM

No expert but I always got the impression Oman was a neutral party. They help run the Hormuz with Iran but largely neutral in world politics.

coffeebeqntoday at 1:36 PM

It also looks fairly easy to mine/blockade outside of their territorial waters. You don’t need that many drones to make the whole area unusable for marine transport. The strait is the clearest choke point but I don’t know how much bypassing it would help UAE

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wodenokototoday at 1:45 PM

Fujairah, on the other side of Hormuz is the fourth largest bunkering hub in the world. That’s not “little oil infrastructure”

mywittynametoday at 1:35 PM

They do, it's only like 1-2 million barrels a day in capacity right now.

weard_beardtoday at 1:36 PM

Oman is the Switzerland of the Middle East.

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saberiencetoday at 2:30 PM

You should visit Fujairah ! Huge facilities there.