Can Iran use rockets to mine the Strait of Hormuz, as US claims?

The United States broke a one-month lull in its war on Iran by striking military targets on Larak Island on Sunday, in what US officials claim was a bid to prevent Tehran from using rockets to deploy sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

The strikes were aimed at Iranian rocket launchers positioned on Larak Island in the strait. The US called the strikes a “limited, precise action” against mine-lay...