# Sea Control 599: The Tanker War

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Podcast: [Sea Control](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sea-control-989356)
Published: 2026-03-18T13:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Tom Duffy joins the program to talk about his chapter "NATO Maritime Strategies and Naval Operations since 1985: Multilateral Naval Arrangements in the “Tanker War”” which is included in the new book from the ISPK SeaPower series titled Guardians of the North Atlantic: NATO Maritime Strategies and Naval Operations in Turbulent Times. He discusses similarities and differences between those Persian Gulf naval operations from the 1980s, and today’s Operation Epic Fury.

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