Bryan Clark appears on the BBC to discuss the operational challenges posed by the blockade. He explains that managing maritime traffic—particularly efforts to turn back or divert vessels originating from Iran—could quickly strain US naval capacity and risk overwhelming the fleet.
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Migrants storm a barbed-wire fence as they attempt to cross the land border with Spain's African enclave of Ceuta near Fnideq in northern Morocco on September 15, 2024. (Getty Images)