

Because they have a stockpile of cheap drones that can be launched from anywhere in the country and only need to keep an eye on a choke point that is 39km (24 miles) wide. They aren’t physically blocking it but the threat of drones and now maybe mines are causing insurance companies to exclude these tankers that are worth hundreds of millions of dollars.


I’m just some dude on the Internet man. I’m parroting what I’ve read elsewhere. You’d have to look around at more reliable sources for the answers to your questions