April 28, 2020
The U.S. Military Might Have a New Way to Beat Iran's Missiles in a War
Seeing the enemy before it could target U.S. warships is possible through the use of drones and other airborne early warning systems. But network technology could help create something akin to a "crowd-sourced" sharing of information from various naval assets.
by Peter Suciu
The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (NEDAJA), the naval warfare service branch of Iran's regular military, has been involved in a true 21st version of "gunboat diplomacy" in its standoffs with the United States in the Persian Gulf.
This isn't new of course and has gone back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution in the Middle Eastern nation, but events became far more dangerous last week when President Donald Trump warned in a message on the social media service Twitter, "I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea."
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-military-might-have-new-way-beat-irans-missiles-war-148821
