Editing Strait of Hormuz (section)

====Naval activity in 2008====
In the last week of July 2008, in the Operation Brimstone,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=38478 |title=JTFEX 08-4 "Operation Brimstone" Flexes Allied Force Training |publisher=US Navy |date=15 July 2008 |access-date=11 August 2008 |archive-date=22 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722011927/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=38478 |url-status=dead}}</ref> dozens of U.S. and foreign naval ships came to undergo joint exercises for possible military activity in the shallow waters off the coast of Iran.

As of 11 August 2008, more than 40 U.S. and allied ships reportedly were en route to the Strait of Hormuz. One U.S. carrier battle group from Japan would complement the two which are already in the Persian Gulf, for a total of five battle groups, not including the submarines.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5499 |title=Three major US naval strike forces due this week in Persian Gulf |publisher=Debkafile |date=11 August 2008 |access-date=11 August 2008 |archive-date=1 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201062308/http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5499 |url-status=dead}}</ref>