US Navy Faces Rising Costs for Hormuz Missions With Strait Still Blocked

rss · Bloomberg 2026-05-11T14:58:28Z en
U. S. forces patrol the Arabian Sea. Source: US Navy As long as the Strait of Hormuz remains unsettled, the US Navy faces millions of dollars in extra costs each time it sends a destroyer through the waterway, and such passages on their own are unlikely to reopen it. The Navy voyages remain fraught, and the ships are accompanied by fighter jets and helicopters overhead, along with extra surveillance measures.
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