The United States is seeking to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the global energy crisis, striking Iranian targets it says are responsible for attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. However, according to Britain’s Telegraph, the greatest threat to shipping in the strategic waterway, which is critical to global oil trade, may be one U.S. aircraft cannot easily detect or target: a fleet of “midget submarines” designed specifically for operations in the Gulf’s shallow, murky waters.
The Ghadir-class submarines are capable of firing Hoot torpedoes at passing tankers, which Iranian sources claim can reach 220 miles per hour underwater using supercavitating technology, which reduces drag and water friction.
A single Ghadir-class submarine operating at night can also lay dozens of mines across shipping channels without being detected, analysts told The Telegraph.
Iran has spent four decades studying the exact conditions of the Persian Gulf, training its submariners exclusively in the waters.
The regime is using the geography of the strait, coupled with the specially designed mini-submarines, to hold the world’s economy to ransom and put global shipping in a chokehold.