Iran has deliberately sent its warships closer to the US borders in the Atlantic Ocean. The Commander of Iran's Northern Navy fleet has been quoted that the move towards the United states "has a message." Iran hopes to spread its navy throughout international waters, including toward Antarctica. Iran and the United States have been butting heads in recent years with the still-ongoing civil war in Syria and Iran's nuclear weaponry. This move comes the day before that Iran tested two missiles and aired an animation showing the bombing of American and Israeli ships.
The movement of navies has sparked many conflicts throughout history. Alfred Thayar Mahan once postulated that a strong navy is key to becoming a world power. Germany from 1905-1906 moved its warships toward Morocco in order to break up the alliance between France and England. This so-called Moroccan Crisis has been named as a cause of World War I. Warships have also caused other crises such as the Spanish-American War.
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