Iran has begun using drones and underwater mines to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz to disrupt energy supplies, the Wall Street Journal writes. According to the analytics company Kepler, due to the escalation, oil transport volumes in the strait dropped to 7.8 million barrels per day, which is about 45% of the pre-war level.

Iran has begun using drones and underwater mines to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz to disrupt energy supplies, the Wall Street Journal writes. According to the analytics company Kepler, due to the escalation, oil transport volumes in the strait dropped to 7.8 million barrels per day, which is about 45% of the pre-war level.