by Dave Patterson | Jul 31, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
The threat represented by a growing Chinese navy fleet of warships cannot be overstated. This threat presents a huge dilemma for the U.S. Navy. The old saw “Quantity has a quality all its own,” often misattributed to Joseph Stalin, who threw an overwhelming number of...
by Graham J Noble | Apr 23, 2020 | Articles, Intelligence, International, Military Affairs, Politics, Terrorism
Iran’s maritime forces have, on many occasions, harassed U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels in the Persian Gulf. Most recently, on April 15, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy dispatched 11 gunboats to interfere with American ships conducting a training...