Tanker

With Iran war-gaming a simulated Strait closing, and the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet offering stark warnings, the current situation is reminiscent of the last time that Iran attempted to impede transit through the narrow Strait; the so-called "Tanker War" of the mid 1980s.

Chris DeVito: Taking the Global Economy Hostage Chris DeVito 2011

With Iran war-gaming a simulated Strait closing, and the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet offering stark warnings, the current situation is reminiscent of the last time that Iran attempted to impede transit through the narrow Strait; the so-called "Tanker War" of the mid 1980s.

Chris DeVito: Taking the Global Economy Hostage Chris DeVito 2011

With Iran war-gaming a simulated Strait closing, and the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet offering stark warnings, the current situation is reminiscent of the last time that Iran attempted to impede transit through the narrow Strait; the so-called "Tanker War" of the mid 1980s.

Chris DeVito: Taking the Global Economy Hostage Chris DeVito 2011

Russell and Max Boot write nearby, the last time Tehran interfered with shipping in the Persian Gulf, during the so-called Tanker War of the 1980s, it didn't exactly come out the winner.

Iranian Strait Talk 2012

After the so-called Tanker War, the U.S. and Iran have had at it often in the Straits.

Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Gunboat Diplomacy: A Maritime Field Guide to the Straits of Hormuz Crisis Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2012

With Iran war-gaming a simulated Strait closing, and the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet offering stark warnings, the current situation is reminiscent of the last time that Iran attempted to impede transit through the narrow Strait; the so-called "Tanker War" of the mid 1980s.

Chris DeVito: Taking the Global Economy Hostage Chris DeVito 2011

With Iran war-gaming a simulated Strait closing, and the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet offering stark warnings, the current situation is reminiscent of the last time that Iran attempted to impede transit through the narrow Strait; the so-called "Tanker War" of the mid 1980s.

Chris DeVito: Taking the Global Economy Hostage Chris DeVito 2011

After the so-called Tanker War, the U.S. and Iran have had at it often in the Straits.

Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Gunboat Diplomacy: A Maritime Field Guide to the Straits of Hormuz Crisis Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2012

Northrop sends out so-called Tanker Truths email messages several times a day in an operation reminiscent of a boiler-room political campaign.

Lawmakers Threaten Tanker Funding 2008

In 1987, there was a severe escalation in the friction between Iran and the United States, over the so-called Tanker War in the Persian Gulf.

The Secret War with Iran Ronen Bergman 2007