Recently, the Iranian Navy's 86th Fleet returned home and successfully arrived at the port of Salalah in southwest Oman. This fleet is still very famous, because before that, they had caused protests in the United States because of their docking in Brazil and the smooth passage of the Panama Canal.
Iranian fleet
As the current "global hegemon", although the United States wantonly infringes on the sovereignty of other countries, it still attaches great importance to its own sphere of influence. In addition to its own territory, territorial waters and airspace, the entire Americas are within its boundary. In traditional American thinking, the entire Western Hemisphere is the exclusive security domain of the United States. This idea was strongly reaffirmed after the cold war. Therefore, when the Soviet Union deployed missiles on Cuban territory, the United States, like its own aggression, had to expel Soviet aggression at the cost of "going to war."
From this point of view, we can understand how much energy the political significance behind the seemingly ordinary warship trip around the world contains great energy.
Iranian Navy
Seeing this, everyone can't help but ask: Why does Iran dare to toughen the United States everywhere?
First of all, Iran's comprehensive national strength is there. Iran's land area and population are among the highest in the world. Its military strength ranks 14th in the world, with a total strength of 900,000 troops and 1.1 million more troops that can be mobilized, which is the largest number of troops in the Middle East.
Seeing this, some people may scoff: this statement also applies to Iraq before the Gulf War. But the outcome of Iraq is in everyone's sight.
Iranian army
Although Iraq's previous military strength was also at an arrogant level, many key military equipment was collected from abroad, and it did not have a qualified military industrial system.
But Iran is different. Due to the long-term use of the United States as the main enemy, Iran's military industry has achieved a lot of results. Up to now, Iran has entered service with a variety of domestic missiles. Not only ballistic missile systems are highly automated and intelligent, but even hypersonic missiles that are now extremely offensive;
There is no need to introduce unmanned equipment, since the beginning of the "Iran-Iraq War", Iran has invested huge efforts in the development of unmanned equipment. At present, the main UAV has more than 40 models, and even now Russia imports military UAVs from Iran.
The scale of Iranian drones should not be underestimated
It is this excellent autonomous military-industrial capability that makes the United States a rat. If Iran is taught the same as the attack on Afghanistan and Iraq, it will inevitably pay an unbearable price. Therefore, Iran, which is more "nasty" than other countries, is only "rewarded" by US economic sanctions.
Second, Iran's geographical location has also become a means of containing the United States compared to its own abundant oil resources. The Strait of Hormuz is known as the "throat of the world's energy", and the "throat" is on Iran's doorstep.
Iran's unique geographical location makes it easy for Iran to block the Strait of Hormuz. As long as a tanker is parked at a key point or a broken ship is sunk, the entire channel of the "pipe" will be affected. If you add more mines, the US Navy will not only have to spend a lot of money to clean up, but the Navy and Air Force will also need to allocate forces to prevent Iranian sneak attacks. Even if the United States is open to Iran, the whole world will rush to put out the fire. Because the Strait of Hormuz not only runs American tankers, most of the world's tankers need to pass here.
Hormuz
These two points alone are enough to make the United States throw a rat and a rat, and it is also a reason for Iran to dare to toughen the United States.
Moreover, the "exclusive security sphere" of the United States is said by the Americans themselves, and the opinions of other countries have not been consulted at all. In recent years, various irresponsible behavior of the United States has long attracted the dissatisfaction of other countries. For example, the indiscriminate issuance of US dollar bills without restraint, so that the world pays for the US economy; There is also a conflict between Russia and Ukraine for its own rights and interests, causing turmoil in Europe, followed by a food crisis and an energy crisis.
Everyone is looking at the behavior of the United States, and dissatisfaction has long accumulated. Therefore, under the strong protest of the United States, Brazil still allowed the Iranian fleet to dock in Rio de Janeiro. The United States threatened Panama with a new round of sanctions against the Iranian fleet if it passed through the Panama Canal. Under the pressure of sanctions, Panama still insists that "as long as international norms are observed", Iranian warships can pass through the Panama Canal.
In the words of the commander of the Iranian Navy: the American threat is nothing more than empty "roars".