Iran’s Naval Strategy Just Changed Overnight…
Iran’s Naval Strategy Just Changed Overnight…
WASHINGTON — In a single, silent watch over the Persian Gulf, the arithmetic of coastal warfare changed forever. For decades, Iran held one of the world’s most vital economic chokepoints hostage through the sheer, chaotic weight of numbers—a “swarm strategy” of hundreds of armed fast-patrol boats designed to harass, intimidate, and outmaneuver the multi-billion-dollar warships of Western navies. Yet last night, near the jagged inputs of the Strait of Hormuz, that entire strategic architecture was systematically dismantled in the dark, not by the thunderous firepower of carrier-borne fighter jets, but by a coordinated, multi-layered assault of low-cost, uncrewed strike vessels that outpaced, out-calculated, and ultimately pulverized Iran’s frontline coastal defenses.
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