GPS Jamming Floods Strait of Hormuz, Adding to the Fog of War

March 6, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC

Electronic warfare in the Persian Gulf is pummeling one of the world’s most critical economic chokepoints, disrupting navigation and increasing the risk of maritime collisions.

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a bottleneck between the United Arab Emirates and Iran through which much of the world’s oil and LNG trade flows, has collapsed due to the US and Israel’s war against the government in Tehran. Missiles and drone strikes, which have resulted in eight attacks and multiple fatalities on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, are the biggest threat and primary reason that traffic has fallen off.

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