President Trump has declared a 'strike equation' in the past 24 hours, according to reports, in response to the Iranian-Houthi dual blockade on international shipping. Under the policy, any vessel attacked by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz or by the Houthis in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait will trigger a US military response. The exact nature of the response was not specified in the reports.
President Trump has declared a 'strike equation' in the past 24 hours, according to reports, framing it as a response to the dual Iranian-Houthi blockade on international shipping lanes. The new policy states that any vessel attacked by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz or by the Houthis in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait will trigger a US military response. The reports did not specify the type or scale of the response.
The declaration follows earlier warnings Thursday, when Trump said the Houthis had struck two Saudi vessels and warned of 'heavy military punishment' if attacks resumed, according to reports. On Wednesday, Trump threatened to bomb bridges and power plants in Iran, including targets near Tehran, if Iran attacked ships in Hormuz, as reported by i24NEWS.
The latest equation appears to formalize a broader deterrence policy against both the Iran-backed Houthi blockade of Bab el-Mandeb and direct Iranian threats in Hormuz. The exact parameters of the response – whether it mirrors the earlier threat of infrastructure strikes or takes a different form – remain unclear.
2 developments
- DevelopingTrump: each Iran strike on Hormuz vessels will trigger US bombing of a bridge or power plant, including near Tehran
- DevelopingAnalyst: Trump maintains equation that any Iranian breach in Strait of Hormuz will be met with strikes
- DevelopingIran expected to respond with counter-equation to Trump's new Hormuz threat, report says
- StrongTrump says Iran struck a merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz, US intercepted three drones
Source and signal
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