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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 06/05/2026

10/11 So why the pause? Because the test is done. The US has learned what it needed: You can enter the Strait. You cannot yet control it. So diplomacy will be needed - or an alternative strategy to win the war before reopening can begin. #Geopolitics #ProjectFreedom #USNavy #Diplomacy

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 06/05/2026

11/11 The bottom line: Project Freedom didn’t fail. It revealed the truth. Hormuz can be penetrated under force. It cannot yet be stabilised for trade. Full analysis is here for more depth: #Hormuz #Shipping #IranWar

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Project Freedom – A Stress Test and the Reality of Maritime Stalemate | Ash Oro

Project Freedom has moved quickly from launch to pause, but the last 24–48 hours have been instructive. The Strait has not been reopened. It has been tested. I’ve set out a short analysis of what th...

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blueskytraveller.bsky.social @blueskytraveller.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Thanks for this Ash and for your brilliant analysis on James O’Brien’s show. Brilliant because I understood it! You are fast becoming a national treasure.

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 06/05/2026

It would seem that a CMA vessel also attempted the crossing and was attacked - This is further confirmation of the "closed" nature of the Strait and the ending of Project Freedom operations.

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Darragh O'C 🇮🇪 @darraghoc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

All of that could be true. What may also be true is that hubris had Trump and Hegseth believe that they could simply boss their way through the problem - only to find out, almost immediately, that it can't happen that way. Either way, they came out of it looking very foolish. Merz was right.

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