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Expert: Iran Likely to Seek More Confrontations in 2016 with US Navy

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151225-N-NX690-226 GULF OF OMAN (Dec. 25, 2015) The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transits the Gulf of Oman. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class J. M. Tolbert/Released)

U.S. Central Command officials have called Iran’s firing rockets within a mile of the carrier Harry S. Truman on Saturday a “dangerous” and “unprofessional” stunt, but these sorts of provocative run-ins are likely to continue in 2016 as hard-line forces in Iran exploit uneasy relations with the West, one expert warns.

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Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. She covers operations, policy, personnel, leadership and other issues affecting service members.