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Why Iran’s ‘oil weapon’ isn’t that scary

Published on: Monday 17 June 2019

Why Iran’s ‘oil weapon’ isn’t that scary Tankers are remarkably difficult to sink. Even during the worst days of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, attacks by both sides on enemy tankers disrupted less than 2 percent of total oil traffic in the ...


News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/18/why-irans-oil-weapon-isnt-that-scary/

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