伊拉克海军曾经是海湾地区实力较强的海上力量之一,但发生在20世纪90年代初期的海湾战争,大大削弱了伊拉克海军的实力。战后多年的经济制裁和美、英连续多年的轰炸,严重破坏了伊拉克的国民经济,海军力量从此走上了一蹶不振的衰退之路。在目前美国大兵压境的情况下,伊拉克的海上力量已经彻底没有了保卫国家领海的 The Iraqi navy was once one of the mighty maritime forces in the Gulf. However, the Gulf War that took place in the early 1990s greatly weakened the strength of the Iraqi navy. Years of post-war economic sanctions and the continuous bombings of the United States and Britain for many years have seriously damaged Iraq's national economy and naval forces have since embanked into a faltering recession. Under the current situation in which the United States troops have been pressured on the ground, Iraq's maritime forces have completely failed to defend the territorial waters of the country