Tom Cotterill
Acting defence editor at The Telegraph who appears as a guest to explain intelligence and technical details about the Iranian missile strike on Diego Garcia and related defence implications.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 41min
‘A forever mission': US colonel on Trump's Strait of Hormuz quagmire
Tom Cotterill, acting defence editor at The Telegraph, explains technical details of Iran’s missile strike on Diego Garcia. Peter Mansoor, retired US Army colonel and military historian, assesses hard power options for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. They discuss missile capabilities, risks of island seizures and amphibious raids, special operations to seize enriched uranium, and why any military effort could become a prolonged quagmire.
