Will digging a canal solve the Hormuz problem?

[Nuclear Boy]

Come out from either end, opposite side is still Iran.

Why cannot use the red sea from west side of saudi instead?

They are already doing that. Got pipeline across if I'm not wrong.

 

[mynickname]

The Arab states have 50 years to solve this problem, and yet they do nothing

They have a lot of problems they've been busy trying to solve the last few hundred years.

 

[paperplane1943]

Same like thailand kra canal.

Monitor lizard monitoring

 

[LawStr]

Dig a canal across the base of the pointy part kym?

Probably not. That strip of land isn’t that wide on the map but the terrain there is rough and you would need a very deep canal for large tankers. The cost and engineering would be massive, way bigger than something like Suez. On top of that the political side would still be the same because shipping would still be in the same region and under the influence of the same countries. Most proposals I’ve seen talk more about pipelines bypassing Hormuz rather than digging a canal.

 

[popsune1]

I don't think so.

 

[Rellit]

Waiting for the crazy orange man to just flatten the place like in 1945

Then he will win everything

No need flatten, just self declared victory can liao.
Winning all day, everyday

 

[iammole]

Why cannot use the red sea from west side of saudi instead?

can. but there's still Yemen bros there who can lock down too

 

[Suporter]

Possible if can dig finished overnight

 

[Shion]

that is not possible

 

[Hyruga]

It's not so economical to build a canal just to transport oil.

Technically the other half of the sea does not belong to Iran and if they go to war, then you go to war. They fire at you. You fire back. So you can still continue to ship the oil.

Building a canal does not stop them from firing at you.

 

[Suporter]

Not good if shahed can reach vessels

 

[Comage]

 

[eAtNeAt]

Reminds me of the canal across Thailand to bypass straits of malacca

 

[gravity_infinity]

Have to ask Thailand, Malaysia and China. They have similar idea before and somehow they drop the idea.

Why would malaysia agree to kra canal?

 

[uselessbum]

Besides the exorbitant cost, the othe problem is that it is still well within the reach of Iran. I mean, the ME is unable to completely defend their O&G industries and other civilian infrastructures against Iran's attacks despite the assistance of western forces in their own lands. Ironically, they have had more success shooting down allied US planes/having them crash than defending against missile barrages.

Neither is the US willing to tie up their navy to escort every single ship passing through nor do they have the manpower to do so despite their size.

So it would end up with the same situation but the ME now a trillion dollars out of the pocket for what's essentially a white elephant.

 

[orwell76]

Iran drones can fly very far

 

[buttbERry]

take how long to dig one?

 

[Knightoftheblackrose]

Why cannot use the red sea from west side of saudi instead?

Saudi Arabia already have such a pipeline across the country and opening into Red Sea. Ships can operate there too.

The main problem is that most of Saudi’s oil fields are located East side where the Straits of Hormuz are located.
So it is an unnecessary added cost and very inefficient to pump oil across the entire length of the country .

 

[Ayuready?]

Reminds me of how Mehmet II made gigantic rollers to transport his warships over land to bypass the Byzantines’ defenses, then drop them right beside the city and bombard