Iran war live: IRGC attacks US bases in Jordan after US bombs Larak Island

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US Central Command reports its forces bombed two rocket launchers belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Larak Island. This action follows an IRGC attack on US bases in Jordan. A former US Defense Department official discussed Iran's capability to deploy sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz using rockets, a method described as unusual and employed when other options are limited due to destroyed capabilities. This tactic is reportedly aimed at neutral civilian shipping, with the intention of increasing maritime insurance rates to prohibitive levels by introducing uncertainty.

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Iran's actions aim to introduce uncertainty, causing maritime insurers to raise rates prohibitively.

quoteDavid Des Roches

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Iran's efforts in the Strait of Hormuz are aimed at neutral civilian shipping, not the US Navy.

quoteDavid Des Roches

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Iran has the capability to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz using rockets.

quoteDavid Des Roches

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Iran's capabilities for distant operations are limited due to destroyed assets.

quoteDavid Des Roches

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David Des Roches, a former director of Arabian Peninsula affairs in the US Defense Department, has been telling Al Jazeera more about the Iranian capabilities to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz, using rockets instead of small boats.“It’s not a normal way of deploying sea mines, but something you do at extremes,” he said. “But Iran doesn’t really have the ability to send a maritime equivalent of a squad-size raid or a small boat.”He said Tehran is facing difficulties taking on a task at a distance from its waters. “A lot of their capabilities were destroyed. So, it’s not ideal [to use rockets to lay mines], but it is a known capability with the Fajr-5, which I’m assuming it would be.”Roches added that Iran’s efforts in the Strait of Hormuz “are not directed against the US Navy but against neutral civilian shipping”.“Iran only has to introduce uncertainty, and the maritime insurers of the neutral civilian ships will raise rates to a prohibitive level,” he said.

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