As US President Donald Trump pressures American allies to contribute naval forces to protect shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, naval experts say such an endeavor presents a huge risk that, even if successful, might restore only about 10 percent of the pre-war traffic through the waterway. Commercial traffic through the maritime chokepoint has … The post The US is considering Hormuz naval escorts. There are risks and it could go disastrously wrong appeared first on Egypt Independent .