Greg Myrie

Navy destroyers passed through the strait going into the Gulf itself and assisted these two U.S.

flagged commercial ships coming out of the Gulf and going through the strait in the other direction.

Now, these commercial ships and the new U.S.

Navy ships all came under attack from Iran.

Cooper said the U.S.

forces shot down the incoming drones and missiles and that U.S.

helicopters sank six Iranian small boats.

Iran also fired across the straight and hit the United Arab Emirates.

It fired missiles and drones.

It set off a major fire at the country's largest oil storage facility.

This was the first time the Emirates had come under attack since the ceasefire.

Yeah, Cooper said the military has set up what he called a defensive umbrella across the Strait of Hormuz.

Now, we've heard a lot of talk about a possible U.S.

Navy escort of oil tankers, and this is something the U.S.

did way back in the 1980s.

But the way Cooper described it, this is not just one Navy ship escorting one oil tanker at a time.

This approach is more comprehensive.

So this worked yesterday with two commercial ships.

It will have to be on a much larger scale and support a steady stream of traffic to be a real success.

Okay, I realize we're in the first stage still, but what are the chances of it being a success?