Iran’s ability to strike U.S. Navy in Persian Gulf grows

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/iran-bolsters-retaliation-capability-in-gulf-experts-say/2012/07/26/gJQAQuFUCX_story.html

The systems, many of them developed with foreign help, are giving Iran’s commanders confidence that they could destroy U.S. ships, officials say.