It is open for transit. Should Iran not do that now, there's a reason why we chose as one of our primary objectives destroy the navy. We understood The ability to interdict shipping is something Iran has done for 40 years. It's key terrain. They've used it as leverage. The world is seeing what they'll do to fight back in that context. And so we've heard them talk about taking various measures and we're planning for all of them. (20:24–20:30)
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Asserts that Iran has been interdicting shipping for 40 years.
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