Iran employs disruptive maritime tactics in response to strikes

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4.6 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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After being pummeled for 12 days by airstrikes, Iran has stepped up its asymmetric naval warfare by reportedly planting an initial tranche of naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Also, a look at how Turkey is reacting to the war in neighboring Iran. And, how the Hmong community in Minnesota’s Twin Cities has felt betrayed by the US government amid ICE raids. Plus, as AI rapidly changes math, mathematicians are trying to define how they’ll fit into future equations.

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0:35.0	It started with attacks from the air.
0:39.5	Now a maritime phase has begun.
0:43.2	Iran just has to be able to keep the risk up.
0:44.4	It doesn't have to hit every ship.
0:46.5	It doesn't have to comprehensively mine the straits.
0:48.6	It can just keep a little bit of risk. That is sufficient to jam up this vital, vital choke point.
0:52.7	That would be the choke point keeping oil from reaching markets across the globe.
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0:58.4	And I'm Marco Wurman, today the complex picture of military strategy in the Iran War.
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