Your response to that, Professor Davis?

Well, that missile is also equivalent to the one that Iran has.

And if I fire it at Diego Garcia, the question is not only can they fire it that far, how accurate is it? And again, this is not a missile you can put on the back of a truck and just fire it and run away.

So if we have proper spy satellites and reconnaissance going on, we should be able to see when those missiles are about to be launched.

Well, that's a possibility,

too.

I mean, they have in the past fired missiles into Israel.

Right.

Now, if these ships are under U.S. military escort, how is Tehran still able to attack these ships, Professor?

Well, it doesn't take much to launch a drone or a missile at a ship.

And unless it's your ship, yes, the U.S. military can try to escort it.

But unless they're right there on the spot, they're not going to be able to do anything against those drones.

Those drones just have fired from the coast of Iran into the Strait of Hormuz.

We're talking a minute or two before he hits target.

So unless you're there in between that ship and the side, they're going to get through.

Professor Davis, your response to what... what Dr. Grassifo just said.

Yeah.

No, this is just an extension of what's going on in the world today.

Attacks on commercial shipping, which is easy because they don't shoot back.

This is a problem that we're going to see.

Iran has done it.

I'm going to say Russia did this, most likely following the Iranian pattern.

And unfortunately, innocent sailors are dying today.

It's a different ballgame, isn't it, Professor?

Is this refusal to disarm similar to what we've seen from Hamas and Hezbollah? What say you?

Absolutely.

I mean this is – again, understanding the militias in Iraq are run by Iran.

So this is the problem.

This is why.

I mean, Azadi said he wanted them to disarm.

They were supposed to be disarmed before the U.S. left, but the U.S. was going to leave anyhow.

From your perspective as a Middle East expert, what has changed politically and militarily since October 7th?