IRAN has triggered the world’s biggest oil crisis using a fleet of kamikaze drone boats that cost as little as £7,500 each.
The unmanned surface vessels (USV) were deployed to carry out more yesterday.
Iran has triggered the world’s biggest oil crisis using a fleet of kamikaze drone boatsCredit: Reuters
The vessels can carry up to 500kg of explosives and travel at about 40mphCredit: Social Media
An oil tanker burns after being hit by an Iranian strike near IraqCredit: AP
One seaman died and others fled for their lives when a , triggering a fierce blaze.
Authorities said it was struck by a “white, unmanned speedboat carrying explosives which rammed into it, resulting in a major fire onboard”.
Another of the kamikaze boats, which can carry up to 500kg of explosives and travel at about 40mph, hit another oil tanker near although no one was injured.
The attacks ramped up tensions further as the became a critical front.
The International Energy Agency said the war was creating the
Crude production is down by at least eight million barrels a day.
A statement read out by a newsreader, supposedly from Iran’s new supreme leader , said the strait would stay shut as a “tool of pressure”.
About 20million barrels of oil products normally pass through the strait every day.
But Iran said any ship trying to pass would be targeted.
There have now been , with eight people killed.
About 1,000 vessels, including 200 tankers, are waiting to pass through the strait as the price of oil, already up more than 35 per cent since the war began, spiked at over $100 a barrel.
US energy secretary Chris Wright admitted the US military was “simply not ready” yet to escort tankers.
Iraq oil terminals have halted operations and has removed all vessels from its main export terminal.
Meanwhile, Iran has issued a list of
Elsewhere, a strike caused a fire near airport and was targeted again.
Drones were fired at and and an Italian base in Iraq was hit.
The unmanned surface vessels were deployed to carry out more attacks on oil tankers in the GulfCredit: Social Media
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