"They have increased the number of submarines ... they increased the
number of fast attack craft," Vice Admiral Mark Fox told reporters.
"Some of the small boats have been outfitted with a large warhead that
could be used as a suicide explosive device. The Iranians have a large
mine inventory."
"We have watched with interest their development of long range
rockets and short, medium and long range ballistic missiles and of
course ... the development of their nuclear programme," Fox, who heads
the U.S. Fifth Fleet, said at a briefing on the fleet's base in the Gulf state of Bahrain. Read more here: http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=11546739#editor/target=post;postID=8388011838692331995
Update: The U.S. carrier group Abraham Lincoln sailed through the Gulf of Hormuz Tuesday: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/us-usa-iran-hormuz-idUSTRE81D1PE20120214
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In a word, yes.
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