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The post frames the destruction of ships, aircraft and infrastructure as proof of total strategic victory.
That reflects a conventional understanding of warfare which does not map neatly onto asymmetric conflict.
#SecurityStudies #Defence 3/14
Iran has not spent decades trying to match the United States conventionally.
Its military doctrine evolved around surviving conventional inferiority through disruption, attrition and cost imposition.
#Iran #AsymmetricWarfare 4/14
Sinking ships is a tactical achievement.
Maintaining uncontested maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz is a strategic one.
Those are not interchangeable concepts.
#MaritimeSecurity #MiddleEast