While these incidents may not seem alarming to those who’ve never served on a potentially vulnerable modern warship, they fit into a worrisome pattern, a two-decade-old military strategy by Iran intended to counter the United States presence in the Persian Gulf. As a professional military historian (I work for the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon — these views are my own and do not represent those of the Department of Defense), I feel that a careful look at a few events from the past will shed some light.
By The New York Times.
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