Our Future Warfighting Concept in Action
19th April 2026
The Middle East, and the Strait of Hormuz, in this case, is a clear example of the regional sensor network concept being applied against a third rate enemy over a very small region. This should be as dominating an effect as is possible to get. Iran has no sensor countermeasures. No jamming. No signal disruption capability. No reported cyber attack capability. Nothing to hinder our sensors or the regional network. Our networked sensing should be flawless. Perfect. Omniscient.
So … how did Iranian boats manage to attack two merchant ships and return safely to wherever they came from? How did we not see them? How did we not kill them seconds after they emerged from wherever they were hiding? For that matter, how could they hide from our all-seeing, all-knowing, regional sensor network? These are not some kind of uber-stealth vessels aided by sophisticated electronic warfare equipment. These were some Iranians in a speedboat sailing around, pretending to be a navy – the equivalent of Boy Scouts pretending to be an Army. The Navy claims to be able to spot periscopes at vast distances … but not speedboats racing around confined waters?