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\u2018I’m unsure the Trump administration has really thought through how internationalised this waterway is and the way many various flag states the US would should take care of.\u2019<\/p>\n
The ceasefire agreement between Iran and the US is hanging within the balance after Donald Trump vowed to impose a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz starting today.<\/p>\n
The US President said he would begin the blockade soon, with Iran threatening retaliation as each side blame one another for the failure of the ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n
The vital waterway is a 60-mile-wide a part of the Persian Gulf, which has been at the center of regional tensions for a long time.<\/p>\n
Although chokepoints within the shipping lane could be bypassed by utilizing other routes, it often adds significantly to transit times.<\/p>\n
Dr Katayoun Shahandeh of the University of London told Metro: \u2018<\/strong>Trump\u2019s Hormuz threat is each a coercive tactic and an actual escalation risk, however it is less sweeping in practice than his rhetoric makes it sound.\u2019<\/p>\n Start your day informed with Metro’s News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Dr Andreas Krieg, Associate Professor\u00a0at King\u2019s College London, told Metro<\/strong> the US Navy will face challenges of enforcing the blockade while fighting against Iranian naval tactics. <\/p>\n \u2018The closer the US Navy moves to the Strait itself, the more US Navy ships would turn into sitting geese in range of Iranian drones and missiles,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tJoin for all of the most recent stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n
How would the US implement the blockade?<\/h2>\n