{"id":122856,"date":"2019-07-10T03:03:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T03:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/10\/us-proceeding-with-plan-for-coalition-to-deter-iran-threats\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:58:03","slug":"us-proceeding-with-plan-for-coalition-to-deter-iran-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/07\/10\/us-proceeding-with-plan-for-coalition-to-deter-iran-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"US proceeding with plan for coalition to deter Iran threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FORT MYER, Va. \u2014 The United States will move ahead with plans to build a coalition of nations to monitor and deter Iranian threats against commercial shipping<\/a> in the Persian Gulf area and in a heavy trafficked waterway between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford<\/a> said the Pentagon has developed a specific plan, and that he believes it will be clear within a couple of weeks which nations are willing to join the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Esper, the acting secretary of defense, raised the issue last month with allied officials at NATO headquarters, but no nations were ready to commit to participating. Esper said at the time that the plans would have to be further refined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dunford said he discussed the matter Tuesday with Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and that plans are coming together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re getting ready now to move out,” Dunford told a small group of reporters at Fort Myer, Virginia. “We have a pretty clear concept of what we want to do.”<\/p>\n\n\n\t