The Wall Street Journal, in a field report from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, wrote that American warplanes fly over the Strait of Hormuz every night during operations to intercept cruise missiles and UAVs fired by Iran, to maintain the security of tanker traffic and the continuation of the naval blockade. A very expensive mission that, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), with 50,000 troops and 20 warships, costs the Pentagon between $2 billion and $3 billion a month (tens of millions of dollars a day) in fuel, weapons and logistics, and despite successfully escorting more than 3,000 merchant ships and setting oil export records, placed a heavy strain on aircrews, vessels and capacity The strategic deployment in other parts of the world.

The Wall Street Journal, in a field report from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, wrote that American warplanes fly over the Strait of Hormuz every night during operations to intercept cruise missiles and UAVs fired by Iran, to maintain the security of tanker traffic and the continuation of the naval blockade. A very expensive mission that, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), with 50,000 troops and 20 warships, costs the Pentagon between $2 billion and $3 billion a month (tens of millions of dollars a day) in fuel, weapons and logistics, and despite successfully escorting more than 3,000 merchant ships and setting oil export records, placed a heavy strain on aircrews, vessels and capacity The strategic deployment in other parts of the world.