'If Missile Hits Supertanker Cargo': Indian Sailor's Worst Fear In Strait Of Hormuz

The families of India's merchant sailors who waited for their loved ones' safe return, and those who have steered large commercial vessels themselves have shared with NDTV incredible accounts of survival and grit while navigating dangerous waters amid the US-Iran war.Unarmed, unprotected and responsible for taking charge of the bridge on some of the world's biggest supertankers three times the displacement of the largest aircraft carriers, carrying two million barrels of crude oil through a narrow, volatile strait, they narrated the challenges of keeping alive the complex system of cargo transport that holds the world together, but at a great cost to their own safety and lives.The fallout would be unimaginable if a rogue drone or a stray missile slammed into the main storage hold where a tanker stores highly flammable cargo.