Analysis
Bing, Bing, Gone: Is Trump Underestimating Iran's Fast Attack Craft?
Maritime security experts warn that Trump's dismissal of Iran's fast attack craft as irrelevant underestimates a credible asymmetric threat. The U.S. military's own assessments describe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) doctrine—emphasizing speed, mobility, and swarm tactics since the 1980s—as capable of disrupting the Strait of Hormuz and global shipping, even if unable to win conventional naval battles. Despite Trump's claims of destroying "all 32" vessels, commercial shipping patterns and war-risk premiums suggest operators remain unconvinced the threat has disappeared.