Washington Enforces Maritime Blockade as Russian Missiles Strike Kyiv #
From the bridge of a guided-missile destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz, fifteen United States naval vessels established a physical perimeter around Iranian commercial ports on Monday morning. The steel hulls of the American fleet now dictate the transit of global hydrocarbons, marking a definitive pivot in Washington's strategic priorities. To sustain this maritime cordon, the Pentagon has permanently diverted scheduled Patriot surface-to-air missile deliveries from European allies to the Persian Gulf. The macroeconomic exchange rate of this imperial triage…