{"id":50666,"date":"2026-04-25T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/25\/why-a-century-old-naval-disaster-means-trump-cant-take-the-strait-of-hormuz-by-force-the-independent\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:10:00","slug":"why-a-century-old-naval-disaster-means-trump-cant-take-the-strait-of-hormuz-by-force-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/25\/why-a-century-old-naval-disaster-means-trump-cant-take-the-strait-of-hormuz-by-force-the-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a century-old naval disaster means Trump can\u2019t take the Strait of Hormuz by force &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxNT0cyTFNveEkzd3ZNbnpDdmR3MW1WRGNIczNOVGFodTVYYXlnbzVucDRLdDVtR0RvUzBKQWEzcDFtcHc0b3AzeGRqYUdUVXJNU0Ywenc3Y2xSdGRDV090MGlfWWlZS193UFpuOUFlREZUREtYMEtZY29GVmRCTHFndUxBeE50aHhzaTUzamwzdUpUWWs0VFAwdnVITDFJUl9TUVZ6WkxveUM1UXVIX0xHcm1YYmkxU3pkdGRBYQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why a century-old naval disaster means Trump can\u2019t take the Strait of Hormuz by force<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Independent<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQa1VGTFN1LW9Va0lUVE1pNkViWVJuYU45NU5sZmRER3pCb1hEcVYzZW1wQ3AteTFGYmZGSDJqcVcxdGxlODdWdEU0cFFTM2E3NUZ5QmtTRG1heE1TSmRPNUNOaEN4d2R5ZjdIQUtQeEJKOEdaUmJXU3JxV0lxbDI4RWdKaUFnTlRlM2VvRUwtWElZakxn0gGaAUFVX3lxTE9id21JYkVCTEpaVWZiRjNKY21LZW1LR2pyNWlhcWQ5MWQ1ZW4tclpzQ3RBeHUydzc4UHdHbTdyUlRGZEE0NktCbFB3OW9Fc21tZzVVLXVsRmJNcGxCb1kxOFd3b0FtVzFNb1c1d2J3RmxEUGJHSFJ6NUVwSHlseTdzeXdZdDViNVhYelIzY3VCR0N0MGhvUFNXamc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How long can Iran survive the US\u2019s Hormuz blockade?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOUFFiNVJ4SC10aXBjQ2lydmlNMDRFdTNpU285dm9kYXlDNE9RWUpfZExSWmdmYk9nUkZMcnlNME9rQXdWeXcxYTVJQ3E1QTY4bWpQYzhwUTM4YnN1aFhleTVYeDNfcDZDeEtmWVdqSUJQQWctWmtWOFFZYWlxd1BVUGxYaU52MFF3UFJtcy1yUEFGdlY1N3d3MnZJMExldzZMVlpZTzdLWVdkenY1WHZDWA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The US protected ships from Iran in the Strait of Hormuz in the &#8217;80s. Could it again?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Military.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxNd0RrbHZHZkFPZTQ2VF9WQkh6MUxjVVkyaHZzSm55WVRuM0FROEwzRnNkQV94dWk5U0RGYlM3eE92akUzaDBiZG9pdUdlUFZfcXZpWmgzMDU3YjA1c1REdlNYWXhZT2t0UDRFLW1wZzNRMEVtblprVkF0UVIzaHJXaUFPekRSYkZCZHd6QUFGYzlXTFowVXo1UWVrdDBERHgyNjNmc0dhNkp2a0RWTHNXaHl6bGtmbDdFZV82UTRqSmttRlhJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Live updates: Trump orders U.S. military to &#8216;shoot and kill&#8217; Iranian boats mining Strait of Hormuz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQaVk4eWR6LXRSekNDOHFWS1paVDlIS2tIa1BNQkt6WUhPTVZjUlc4M2NVWFdyY1Rhd1hmMXhZd0pOaXZ1dmxCZ085elczZWRXTlY5SDFvcl9DR3pWVTQwNkxlekQ3N05HTnFGSmJoNVZlUHJxVzZ3ZHY1VndVekVEaTVKNVlMdDRETHZTa0FUNlM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US military developing plans to target Iran\u2019s Strait of Hormuz defenses if ceasefire fails<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why a century-old naval disaster means Trump can\u2019t take the Strait of Hormuz by force&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent How long can Iran survive the US\u2019s Hormuz blockade?&nbsp;&nbsp;Al&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/25\/why-a-century-old-naval-disaster-means-trump-cant-take-the-strait-of-hormuz-by-force-the-independent\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}