Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah

Western allies face mounting pressure to protect the Strait of Hormuz from Iran after their billion-dollar Red Sea defense against Houthis failed, with four ships sunk and shipping still avoiding the route, now threatening global oil supplies and energy costs.

Western powers failed to secure Red Sea shipping from Houthis despite spending over one billion dollars and losing four vessels, now facing a more difficult challenge protecting the Strait of Hormuz from Iran, which controls twenty percent of global oil and gas supplies.

China has deployed over 200 converted J-6 fighter jets as drones near Taiwan. These drones are for saturation attacks, overwhelming air defenses with numbers and cost asymmetry.