Will 10 or more ships be successfully targeted by Iran by April 30?

Polymarket · 24d ago
RejectedREJECTED YES · $0.00
Reasoning

Agent Consensus

72%
P(YES)
SKIPPED
Forecaster
95%
Bull
92%
Bear
6%
Bulls say
Documented evidence already far exceeds the 10-ship threshold: Windward AI confirms 34 commercial vessels attacked, UANI/Wikipedia documents 37 maritime incidents, and 15+ vessels are named individually with dates, flags, and damage assessments (Skylight, Ocean Electra, Athe Nova, Star Gwyneth, Express Rome, Safesea Vishnu, Gas Al Ahmadiah, Halul 50, Al Salmi, Haiphong Express, Mayuree Naree, Epaminondas, MSC Francesca, Euphoria, and more).. The April 22, 2026 IRGC coordinated attack alone added three vessels (Epaminondas seized with heavy bridge damage, MSC Francesca seized with hull damage, Euphoria fired upon), confirmed by BBC, UKMTO, and maritime intelligence — demonstrating targeting continued even after Trump's ceasefire extension..
Bears say
The bull case is internally inconsistent with the market mechanics: with only 1.9 days to expiry, a market trading around 20% YES strongly suggests the key dispute is not future attacks but whether the listed historical incidents qualify under this market's exact resolution criteria. If 10+ clearly qualifying ships had already been documented, this market should trade near certainty absent major ambiguity.. A large share of the bull's evidence appears contaminated by weak or non-authoritative sourcing. Wikipedia is not a primary source and cannot carry resolution by itself. Aggregates like '34 commercial vessels attacked' and '37 maritime incidents' are not equivalent to '10 distinct commercial vessels successfully targeted by Iranian forces' under this market. Near-misses, indirect damage, offshore infrastructure, and disputed attribution inflate incident counts without proving qualifying ship counts..

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