On day three of a US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Sky’s military analyst Michael Clarke explains how the situation could escalate across the Middle East – and whether China might use its only overseas military base in the Red Sea if it were drawn into an enforcement action against the United States.
‘In practice, the war in Iran is all about freedom of shipping and its damage to the world economy’, says Sky’s military analyst Michael Clarke.
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