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Taking Kharg Island 'Very Doable' For US Forces in MidEast, Says Rebecca Grant

Bloomberg Markets · Jun 11, 2026, 7:15 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Rebecca Grant, senior fellow and vice president for defense programs at the Lexington Institute, said that the US is better positioned to take over Kharg Island than it was at the start of the war and that it is 'very doable' for the forces central command has in the region. Grant said that because

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