Missile Attacks Define Strait of Hormuz Risks, Officials Say

THE PENTAGON — Missiles are currently the largest threat to merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf instead of sea mines, defense officials told reporters Friday. Iran has used surface-to-surface missiles to attack shipping in the northern part of the Strait, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said during a Friday Pentagon press briefing. “We’ve not seen any [unmanned surface vessel] activity out of Iran that we’ve seen in the Gulf at this point,” Caine said. Acting on direction from the White House, the Pentagon and the Navy are devising a plan to