"When you change the chessboard, you are effectively permanently changing the conditions Online Cigarettes Store USA under which you're operating," Stephens said. "How you cannot make that look like an escalation is anyone's guess because it is an escalation."

Iran itself hasn't sat still. The Guard, a paramilitary force answerable only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pilot speedboats through the Strait of Hormuz and run drills practicing swarming larger warships. It possesses shore-to-ship Cheap Newport Cigarettes Online Sale missiles. It also, according to U.S. officials, has special forces capable of sneaking up on unsuspecting ships to plant explosive mines.

The "rules" that govern military confrontations in the Persian Gulf seem to be changing, Stephens said, with the growing U.S. Navy operation, Iran's willingness to seize and allegedly attack ships, and the collapsing nuclear deal pushing Tehran toward drastic action.

"They're very good at trolling politically. They're very good at trolling tactically," he said Cheap Newport 100s Cigarettes Website about Iran's leadership. "As long as it doesn't spark a conflict, they kind of come out on top. That's how it works."One of the immediate dangers is in the response to Iran itself. During the Somali piracy crisis of the 2000s, the rush of navies to the region saw fishermen wrongly targeted for attack in at least one incident, said Salvatore R. Mercogliano, a former merchant mariner and associate professor of history at North Carolina's Campbell University.

Adding additional forces, especially those that may not respond to a single command and exercise different rules of engagement, could raise the risks of a conflict, Mercogliano said. Trying to run convoys of ships through the areas also would slow down traffic and delay shipments. Meanwhile, the Guard's small fast boats easily can be missed among the fishermen and traditional dhow ships moving through the busy waters.






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