New dilemma for the Navy as it grapples with Iran at sea
missile destroyer USS Farragut is shown in this undated photo operating in heavy seas in the Atlantic Ocean. It is now in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, where the Iranian navy forced the container ship Maersk Tigris deeper into Iranian waters and is still holding it. (Aaron Chase/U.S. Navy via Reuters)/ The United States was grappling Wednesday with a naval dilemma: How should the Navy respond to Iranian ships intercepting a civilian container ship in the Strait of Hormuz and holding if the vessel wasn’t flying the U.S. flag? The ...
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