What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to a US/Israel attack? This classic 2008 article from the @mitpress.bsky.social journal International Security offers an analysis that remains relevant.
Nick Lindsay
How might Iran retaliate in the aftermath of a limited Israeli or U.S. strike? "Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz tops the list of global energy security nightmares," wrote Caitlin Talmadge in 2008 in @intsecurity.bsky.social.
Talmadge's article is freely available to read for 90 days:
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Abstract. How might Iran retaliate in the aftermath of a limited Israeli or U.S. strike? The most economically devastating of Iran's potential responses would be closure of the Strait of Hormuz.…
