Category
page 1Blockades by the United States
Cuban Missile Crisis
October 1962 confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States
2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched an air war against Iran and assassinated its supreme leader Ali Khamenei. In retaliation, Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Israel, US military bases, and US-allied Gulf states. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) issued warnings forbidding passage through the strait, has boarded and attacked merchant ships, and has laid sea mines in the strait. Since 13 April, the US has blockaded Iranian ports, leading to a "dual blockade" of the strait. Until the US–Israeli war against Iran, the Strait of Hormuz was open and about 25% of the world's seaborne oil trade and 20% of the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) passed through it.
Operation Southern Spear
2025–2026 US military anti-drug trafficking operation
Blockade of Germany
1914 WWI naval blockade
2026 Cuban crisis
political and economic crisis in Cuba
Union blockade
union blockade of the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War
Blockade of Germany
WWII operation to restrict supply lines
United States oil blockade during Operation Southern Spear
American military operation
naval blockade of Iran
2026 United States military action
Operation Sharp Guard
1993 multi-year joint naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea by NATO and the Western European Union
Blockade of Africa
Royal Navy suppression of the slave trade
2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
2026 Iran war aerial campaign
Blockade runners of the American Civil War
Blockaders of the American Civil War