The US Navy says it is now providing “guidance” to commercial shipping vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. But retired Navy Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery, now senior director of The Foundation for Defense of Democracies Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, tells The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler that because of the strait’s geographical constraints, protecting vessels from threats like fast boats, drones and mines will be far from easy.
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