On June 2, Iranian Navy Commander Shahram Ilani claimed to form a naval alliance with Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, India, and Pakistan, and Ilani was optimistic that the region would be rid of unauthorized armies and that the Gulf states would defend regional security with their own strength.
At present, the relevant countries have not expressed their position or confirmed. There are two things that can barely be connected: first, the United Arab Emirates announced on May 31 that it had withdrawn from the US-led Middle East Maritime Security Alliance two months ago, which has 34 member states and is headquartered in a naval base in Bahrain;
Second, Saudi Arabia purchased $4 billion in weapons orders at the Zhuhai Air Show last November, including 300 Rainbow-4B reconnaissance and strike integrated UAVs TB-001 UAV production line, multiple sets of Silent Hunter laser anti-drone systems and 15 sets of YJ-21 shipborne hypersonic missiles, and recently reported that Saudi Arabia purchased 12 052D missile destroyers.
Looking back at the words of the commander of the Iranian navy, this naval alliance does not have the Afghan Taliban, who are now having trouble with Iran over water problems, but India and Pakistan, which are old wrongdoers. One cannot help but worry about whether Afghanistan has replaced Iran as the new powder keg in the Middle East; And whether India's presence will make it possible for the United States to intervene in this alliance, or make India the de facto leader.
In any case, the establishment of this alliance is progressive. In March this year, China took advantage of the cold relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia to decisively intervene to promote reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and increased its influence in the Middle East. As a major arms supplier to countries in the Middle East, it is also a good thing to establish a new circle without the United States.
The unauthorized military in Ilani's mouth should refer to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, which is part of the U.S. Central Command and headquartered in Manama, Bahrain, and is the most powerful U.S. maritime military force in the Middle East, with jurisdiction ranging from the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the Arabian Sea to Kenya's Indian Ocean. The predecessor of the Fifth Fleet was the Middle East Forces Command, which was the anti-Soviet fortress of the United States in the Middle East, and the Gulf War greatly expanded its strength, and in 1995 it was changed to the Fifth Fleet directly under the United States Central Command. Due to the calm situation in recent years, there are only low-level equipment forces: aircraft carrier battle groups, amphibious operation groups, expeditionary operation groups, 15,000 sea troops, 1,000 land forces.
Such a force is clearly not just walking, and that's not all the U.S. is holding on to its hegemony in the Middle East. The United States has military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and other countries, and these military bases are like a tight curse, binding Middle Eastern countries and allowing them to maintain alliances with the United States.
At present, the countries of the Middle East have the consciousness of getting rid of the control of the United States and have taken practical actions. It is believed that they will replace American power in the Middle East with their own.