Sudden Gulf Escalation: What the Pho?............
“US deployment of anti-missile defences off Iran's coast and in a number of its Gulf Arab neighbours is certain to fuel tensions in a strategic region that supplies a third of the world's oil, analysts say. "This will make Iran more nervous," said Mustafa Alani, head of security research at the Dubai-based Gulf Research Centre. To counter a perceived threat from a controversial Iranian nuclear programme and Tehran's advancing missile capabilities, Washington has said it is deploying anti-missile weapons systems in the region. The move is unlikely to please Iran, which has already warned its Gulf Arab neighbours not to take part in US moves against the Islamic republic. But Tehran is likely to take comfort from the announcement in Washington that a US military failed on Sunday to shoot down a ballistic missile in a test resembling an Iranian or North Korean strike………”
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