tomahawk6 said:Both the US and Canada are exporters so higher prices would be good. but not good for Japan and Europe.
Last year [2018], Canadian companies spent $3.54 billion importing 6.4 million cubic metres of Saudi oil, up from 5.9 million cubic metres worth $2.5 billion in 2017, before the dispute started in August 2018.
In January 2019, for example, oil imports from the kingdom were 606,000 cubic metres, up from 559,000 cubic metres a year earlier. And although monthly imports gyrate significantly — a normal trend in the oil business, according to analysts — the long-term trend is unmistakable.
"Over five years, imports from Saudi have increased," said David Hughes, a former research manager with the Geological Survey of Canada and president of Global Sustainability Research, a consultancy in Calgary. In January 2019, Saudi oil accounted for roughly 10 per cent of Canadian consumption, up from about eight per cent in 2017, he said.
tomahawk6 said:Video of Iranian commando's taking UK tanker.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-uk-tanker-video-commando-rappelling
Colin P said:Your looking more to something like this operating from friendly bases along the route https://products.damen.com/en/ranges/sigma-fast-attack
FJAG said:I briefly said to myself that this situation calls for a larger fleet of small fast patrol boats that would be able to provide better coverage as ship escorts.
Then I asked myself; maybe there's a role here for some of our MCDVs here?
Then I took a look at the MCDVs speed and armaments and said to myself; Why the hell didn't we build cheaper, smaller, faster, more capable training/operations vessels in the first place (like the Iranians did)?
I guess in the long run it doesn't matter. We're screwed either way. Militarily the Iranians have the upper hand in this both tactically and strategically.
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Underway said:Do we have bases to operate from near Iran? à