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Expert on military responses to airstrikes

By University of Victoria

After months of conflict and rising tensions in the Middle East, the United States announced that it had conducted airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities Saturday. 

The following University of Victoria expert is available to media for comment about potential responses by Iran and the US: 

David Zimmerman (History) is a professor of military history. He is an expert in the history of the Royal Canadian Navy, anti-submarine warfare, science, technology and war, and the rescue of refugee academics from Germany in the 1930s. (Contact: 250-888-7541 or [email protected])  

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