The United States military has
overseen scores of secretive ship-to-ship oil transfers to keep
Gulf energy exports flowing, using aerial and water drones as
well as helicopters in an operation to guide convoys to awaiting
tankers.
The operation on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz employs a shuttling technique long used by Iran to skirt sanctions
The United States military has
overseen scores of secretive ship-to-ship oil transfers to keep
Gulf energy exports flowing, using aerial and water drones as
well as helicopters in an operation to guide convoys to awaiting
tankers.

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