DW NewsHow powerful is the world’s strongest navy today? DW looks at the Strait of Hormuz to show how drones, missiles and asymmetric warfare can disrupt global trade — even against the US Navy. Experts Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and Zhou Bo, retired Senior Colonel, explain why aircraft carriers and bases are no longer enough, how Iran and non-state actors like the Yemeni Houthis exploit chokepoints, and what lessons the US and China are drawing for the future of naval warfare.
Chapter Breakdown
0:00 How is the US struggling against a much smaller adversary?
0:28 Why can’t the US just dominate the seas?
0:51 Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute
1:25 USS Gerald R Ford
2:00 US military bases across the world
5:51 Threats to commercial vessels in Strait of Hormuz
6:30 New weapons that are changing the game
7:53 China’s largest navy
8:05 Zhou Bo, retired Senior Colonel, People’s Liberation Army
