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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian10 Mar 2026 6:39 p.m. PST

Fueled by bitter religious and political acrimony, the Iran-Iraq War, one of the longest interstate conflicts of the 20th century, spread into the Persian Gulf in 1987. Forced to protect vital petroleum tankers, NATO and Soviet naval forces in the Gulf faced new and old challenges from a variety of Iranian and Iraqi threats. As the war drags into 1988, there is little prospect of either belligerent raising a white flag.

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Jcfrog11 Mar 2026 3:33 p.m. PST

Before the drones.

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