The Iranian sea-air-missile threat to gulf shipping
"The Arabian Gulf is now involved in a massive arms race, triggered largely by the fear that Iran will try to use its military forces to intimidate or dominate its neighbors. Iran has threatened to close the Gulf and carried out a wide range of large military exercises to show its capabilities....
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Washington, DC Lanham, MD
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Rowman & Littlefield
2015
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Table of Contents:
- The role of energy exports in determining the importance of the Iranian threat
- The strengths and weaknesses of Iran's naval forces
- The Iranian air force : a weak and aging force
- Linkages to Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programs
- Focusing on the broader threat from asymmetric forces
- "Closing the Gulf" : Iran's real world military options for asymmetric warfare
- US and Arab Gulf options for competing with Iran's asymmetric forces
- The wild cards shaping the Iranian maritime threat