If Iran chokes Hormuz, Tehran can literally bring the world to its knees. So the West, specifically the United States, needs to make certain that does not happen. While the U.S. has a presence on the Straits, they have shown difficulty responding to incidents when they arise. In an incident in 2007, a USS nuclear submarine called the Newport News was submerged in the Straits and accidentally rammed a Japanese tanker. The story made headlines, but was then quietly washed away. A year after that debacle, another US sub, the USS Hartford, rammed a sister ship, the USS New Orleans.
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