Iran’s Fist, Still Clenched. “Large-Scale Development Of New Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles…” Edition

Selected updates on Iran’s military buildup, including their vaunted area-denial naval strategy, from Is Iran’s Fist Still Clenched. A check-in in on extended hands, carrots and sticks, reset buttons, walls of fear, and miscellaneous other hackneyed smart power metaphors in Central Asia and beyond.

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… And Bragging About Being A “Top 20 Aircraft Maker”

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… Against Our Troops In Iraq, Importing Sophisticated Rockets

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… Against – And Attacking – Our Troops In Iraq

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… and Deploying Warships Near US Sea Borders

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… With A Ballistic Missile Program That Is “A Direct Threat” To US Navy

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… With Solid-Fuel Ballistic Missiles They’re Showing Off In Today’s Military Parade

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… In A Campaign To Expel Western Navies From Gulf

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… And Preparing An EMP Attack That Will Kill Two-Thirds Of Americans

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… And Running A Drone Competition To Boost Their Unmanned Air Force

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… With A New Generation of Smart Bombs

Iran’s Fist Is Still Clenched… Confidently Thanks To Large-Scale Development Of New Anti-Ship Cruise Missile