US establishes protected maritime corridor through Strait of Hormuz amid Iran tensions

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

🇺🇸🛢️🚢 The United States has quietly achieved one of its most important operational successes of the Iran conflict: keeping millions of barrels of oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz despite continued Iranian pressure and severe disruption to commercial shipping. According to Axios, the U.S. military has established a protected maritime corridor through Hormuz, escorting not only tankers already carrying oil but also empty vessels from the Arabian Sea into the Persian Gulf. Those tankers