USS sails through the Strait of Hormuz

The US is sending a clear message to Iran as to who controls the waters in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Published 15 February 2012 1:25pm

Updated 26 August 2013 9:20am

Source: SBS, BBC

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Last month Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz along which 20 per cent of all oil is traded in retaliation for tighter Western sanctions.

But America's military might is in full display as its aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sails through the Strait for the second time in month.

Despite America's insistence that it is a routine voyage, BBC's Jonathan Beale reports it is sending a clear message that it is patrolling the troubled waters.

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