{"id":137420,"date":"2023-02-22T08:15:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T13:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=137420"},"modified":"2023-02-21T18:55:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T23:55:52","slug":"irans-activities-in-the-persian-gulf-area-has-everyones-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=137420","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s activities in the Persian Gulf area has everyone’s attention"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s not just what they’re doing with a nuclear program, it’s the other things that they are also doing. Iran is conducting nonproductive activities in relationship to other countries in the region, including the hostile use of drones. Last year, the Iranians tried to confiscate a Navy water drone, but the U.S. Navy “convinced<\/a>” them to release the drone.<\/p>\n

From the Navy Times:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

While Cooper pointed to recent seizures of weapons by American and allied forces in the region as a success, he acknowledged that Iran has been able to carry out drone attacks targeting shipping in the Mideast and other assaults in the region.<\/p>\n

“We’re focused on expanding our partnerships,” Cooper said on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi’s International Defense Exhibition and Conference. “The short answer is the Iranian actions have the attention of everyone.”<\/p>\n

Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment over Cooper’s remarks.<\/p>\n

The 5th Fleet patrols the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of all oil transits. Its region also stretches as far as the Red Sea up to the Suez Canal, the waterway in Egypt linking the Mideast to the Mediterranean Sea, and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen.<\/p>\n

Under Cooper’s command, which will end with the upcoming arrival of Rear Adm. George Wikoff in Bahrain, likely later this year, the 5th Fleet vastly expanded its use of drones and artificial intelligence to patrol those waterways.<\/p>\n

Cooper said the Navy has reached the halfway mark of his goal to have 100 unmanned drones, both sailing and submersible, operating in the region with America’s allies. The Navy also conducted a drill Monday with the United Arab Emirates with the systems, he added.<\/p>\n

But concerns about Iran have only grown in recent months as Tehran enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels and has enough fissile material for several nuclear bombs if it chooses to build them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Navy Times has additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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