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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 5/14
Much of Iran’s maritime threat sits with the IRGC Navy rather than the regular fleet.
Fast attack craft, mines, missiles and drones were designed specifically to avoid conventional naval parity.
#IRGC #MilitaryStrategy 6/14
The same logic applies to claims that Iran’s “Air Force is gone.”
Iran shifted away from traditional air superiority years ago toward missiles, drones, proxies and infrastructure disruption capabilities.
#AirPower #DroneWarfare