🚨 PENTAGON CONSIDERS MORE WARSHIPS FOR HORMUZ ESCORTS The Pentagon is weighing sending additional warships to the Middle East to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz amid rising attacks by Iran. U.S. Central Command has requested more destroyers and Marine Corps vessels to help protect commercial shipping through the route, which normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply. Officials say escort missions likely won’t begin until the threat from Iran is reduced—a process that could take a month or more even as U.S. strikes target Tehran’s missile and drone capabilities.(*Walter Bloomberg)