It’s Getting More Dangerous for U.S. Navy Ships in the Gulf
By J. Matthew McInnis On 10/22/16 at 9:00 AM
Opinion
Gulf
U.S. navy
Iran
This article first appeared on the American Enterprise Institute site.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval ships’ frequent, aggressive behavior toward the U.S. Navy has hit new levels in the past few months, triggering several risky encounters in the Persian Gulf, even prompting a terse exchange during the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump over who would respond better to such provocations if they were in the White House.
Then U.S. navy ships in the Red Sea were targeted on October 8 and 12 by missiles from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a capability the group may have gained from their Iranian backers.
Why have the waters in the Middle East become more dangerous recently? Here are five reasons (hint: they all have to do with Iran):
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