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A fully closed Strait of Hormuz was long seen as unthinkable — and unmanageable if it happened — based on past modeling and interviews with energy experts.
Why it matters: That conventional wisdom underscores just how unprecedented today's closure is — and how little playbook exists for what could come next.
