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From Sea Denial to Market Shock: Maritime Swarm Tactics and the Weaponization of Global Energy Logistics

This analysis examines how maritime swarm tactics enable weaker actors to transform global energy chokepoints into strategic battlegrounds. Using Iran's IRGC Navy as a primary case study, it argues that low-cost 'mosquito fleets' can bypass conventional naval engagements to directly threaten global energy supply chains. Drawing on recent disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea, the article contends that swarm tactics represent not merely a sea-denial tool, but a systematic instrument of economic coercion targeting global energy logistics.

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Source: Small Wars Journal

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