Iran employs new, disruptive maritime tactics
by editors@theworld.org (Joyce Hackel) from The World: Latest Stories on (#74611)
After being pummeled for 12 days by airstrikes, Iran has stepped up its asymmetric naval warfare. It has reportedly begun planting an initial tranche of naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil chokepoint. Shashank Joshi, defense editor at The Economist, tells The World's Host Carolyn Beeler that a small number of mines are sufficient to scare off global shippers.