MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Iran exploits its asymmetric edge in Hormuz, narrowing the U.S. Navy’s room to act

Iran is shifting a key part of the war to the sea, where its conventional naval power is far weaker than that of the United States but where it still retains enough tools to disrupt global energy traffic. In the Strait of Hormuz, a corridor that carries roughly a fifth of the world’s oil, attacks on merchant shipping, the threat of mines and the use of fast boats and coastal missiles have raised the cost and complexity of any escort operation. Read full article