India, Pakistan Escort Nationally-owned Tankers in Gulf of Oman

India and Pakistan mobilized their respective fleets to protect nationally-owned tankers in the Gulf of Oman as traffic trickles through the Strait of Hormuz in the single digits. Warships from India and Pakistan were identified Saturday by open-source trackers escorting the countries’ tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. It is the first example of countries providing escort services. The U.S. is studying providing protection for ships but no American escorts have occurred as of Tuesday. Open-source X account Damien Symon tracked Indian Navy destroyers and frigates awaiting inbound tankers transiting the Gulf of Oman before escorting them toward Indian waters.