Chinese tanker sanctioned by US crosses Strait of Hormuz despite blockade

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5. Hey, Navy ship COs know the definition of piracy...

And most (except apparently those in SOCOM, unfortunately) know the definition of war crimes.

I'm sure each time a container ship is visually reported as approaching, the CO carefully re-reads the blockade order, call the mess decks for a fresh pot of coffee, then set the bridge chair in "comfy", sit back and ask the Ops Boss to find, print, and read out the online manifests of the approaching ship very carefully before making a decision to stop and board.
Maybe this would be done before the container ship has passed over the horizon.
Depends on how fast it's going
- and whether or not they already identified it on the AIS and all indications was that the ship originated from an Iranian port.