Trump says Iran’s navy is ‘obliterated’. Why its ‘mosquito fleet’ is still a big threat
Iran knows it cannot compete with the US and its allies in a conventional naval contest. Instead, by deploying swarms of armed speedboats, it is turning the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint into leverage
An elusive swarm of small, fast speedboats – difficult to detect consistently on radar, hidden inside caves along Iran’s rugged shoreline, deployable within minutes, and cheap enough to lose without major consequences.
That is the naval power Iran is relying on in the Strait of Hormuz.
That is the naval power Iran is relying on in the Strait of Hormuz.