“As the old rules weaken, it’s ironic that the United States is now taking a page out of the playbook of China, Russia, North Korea, and even Iran, whose so-called ‘dark fleets’ pioneered these techniques precisely to evade U.S. and UN sanctions,” Michael Froman, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote in a note Friday, reported the news agency. He was referring to the practice of sending ships through the strait without transponders, which Trump mentioned in comments June 10 after the downing of the Apache.
