Iran establishes new base on Straits of Hormuz
The base will enable the Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy to have better control of the gulf area, a base for carrying out operations against US forces in the region, and faster closure of the straits
Cmdr. (res.) Eyal Pinko
| 05/10/2020
An Iranian Navy ship alongside a civilian refueling ship in the Straits of Hormuz in August 2020. Photo: US Navy/ Handout via Reuters
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy declared the opening of a new base in the Straits of Hormuz in the city of Sirik near the shore of the Persian Gulf. The base was opened in a large ceremony attended by the commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, General Hossein Salami.
The base enables the Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy to have better control of the area of the Persian Gulf, a place from which to carry out offensive and defensive operations against US forces in the region, and faster closure of the straits, a global economic choke point that more than 21 million barrels of oil (about 25% of global oil consumption) pass through a day. The main beneficiaries of the oil passing through the straits are China, India, Japan, South Korea and Singapore.
Iran's concept of warfare against the US Navy is based on a circle of defense in the Straits of Hormuz, implemented by multiple-layered attack using dozens of speedboats equipped with rockets, missiles and torpedoes, laying of sea mines, dozens of dwarf submarines with attack capabilities, the firing of missiles from launchers on shore as well as manned and unmanned aircraft.
The strengthening of the defense of the Straits of Hormuz is an additional step in the growth of Iran's power in the naval domain as part of its response to the military tension with the US in recent years in the area of the Persian Gulf.
The base will enable the Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy to have better control of the gulf area, a base for carrying out operations against US forces in the region, and faster closure of the straits
An Iranian Navy ship alongside a civilian refueling ship in the Straits of Hormuz in August 2020. Photo: US Navy/ Handout via Reuters
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy declared the opening of a new base in the Straits of Hormuz in the city of Sirik near the shore of the Persian Gulf. The base was opened in a large ceremony attended by the commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, General Hossein Salami.
The base enables the Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy to have better control of the area of the Persian Gulf, a place from which to carry out offensive and defensive operations against US forces in the region, and faster closure of the straits, a global economic choke point that more than 21 million barrels of oil (about 25% of global oil consumption) pass through a day. The main beneficiaries of the oil passing through the straits are China, India, Japan, South Korea and Singapore.
Iran's concept of warfare against the US Navy is based on a circle of defense in the Straits of Hormuz, implemented by multiple-layered attack using dozens of speedboats equipped with rockets, missiles and torpedoes, laying of sea mines, dozens of dwarf submarines with attack capabilities, the firing of missiles from launchers on shore as well as manned and unmanned aircraft.
The strengthening of the defense of the Straits of Hormuz is an additional step in the growth of Iran's power in the naval domain as part of its response to the military tension with the US in recent years in the area of the Persian Gulf.
