National Interest: Iran could impose heavy costs on the US Navy.
Iran has been able to capture the US Navy in the Persian Gulf at a low cost, an American publication wrote.
“National Interest” writes in parts of this report by James Holmes, a member of the American Naval Warfare Institute, that it seems that Tehran has been able to use the light navy at a low cost, the United States, the world’s leading superpower in the field Who does not want to confront, put in trouble.
In another section, National Interest wrote that Iranian officials, whether through strategic calculations, ideological fervor, or overt delicacy, seem determined and determined not to let the great devil close their backyards.
According to this publication, there is no doubt that Tehran can impose heavy costs on the United States and is doing so now.
The US Navy should not underestimate Iran’s navy, National Interest wrote.
In a recent analysis of Iran’s naval power in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, an American think tank wrote that closing the strait would take only 300 mines for several years, and that the US Navy would be completely incapable of countering the threat in the short to medium term. Is. Certainly the main threat in the Persian Gulf is the growing arsenal of Iranian anti-ship missiles with different ranges.
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most important maritime straits in the world for the global supply of oil and natural gas, the Middle East think tank wrote in parts of this detailed report. The issue of maritime freedom in this strait has long been a source of tension. While any attempt by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz seems highly unlikely, the events of the past three years have shown that Iran can continue to create problems in the Strait without increasing the risk of a military confrontation with the West.
