These are two of the ten carriers have on board Nimitz-class nuclear warheads, now in U.S. Navy service. They reached the Strait of Hormuz, where the voltage rise from hour to hour.
Strait of Hormuz is a very important geographic area. On here get 40% of crude oil transported by sea every day, drawn from the Middle East. Who controls the strait, we can say that control over a significant portion of the global economy.
According to the Washington Post, Iran threatened Monday again to close Hormuz Strait in response to the oil embargo discussed these days in Brussels and approved by the European Union, which followed similar decision of the U.S.. All to sanction that Iran give upits nuclear program.
The arrival of these two ships in the Strait of Hormuz came shortly after Iran tested missiles capable of hitting several military basesand U.S. warships in the present.
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