Iran Seizes Strait of Hormuz After Trump and Israel Launch Bombing Campaign
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 18
Iran Seizes Strait of Hormuz After Trump and Israel Launch Bombing Campaign
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 18
Summary
Iran moved to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz after Trump and Israel opened a large-scale bombing campaign against it, turning the waterway into Tehran’s main leverage.
March 11 became an early marker of that miscalculation: Trump declared the war effectively won within the first hour, but Iran answered with what the article describes as a Plan B.
The piece argues Tehran’s response reflects a broader shift in warfare, where smaller powers can now strike or coerce with growing accuracy at far lower cost than larger militaries.
That same pattern is linked to conflicts involving Ukraine, Russia, Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, with artificial intelligence poised to amplify the advantage of cheaper, more precise force.