‘Hit them hard’: Does Trump have another ‘new’ Iran strategy, can it work?

Following the first strikes in the US-Iran war for a month, this week, United States President Donald Trump appeared to signal a new phase in the war, which marked its first six months on Friday last week.“We’re going to hit them hard … there will be a response,” Trump told reporters on Monday, shortly after Iran launched missile attacks on US military sites in Jordan in response to its strikes on Iran’s Larak Island the previous night.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump vows to hit Iran hard, says US escorting dozens of ships in Hormuzlist 2 of 3Iran economy could collapse within months, US Treasury’s Bessent warnslist 3 of 3War on Iran: US bombs Iranend of listUS news outlet Axios reported Washington may be switching to a new “no war, no peace” strategy in the conflict in which it aims to hit Iran periodically without engaging in a sustained conflict.So, what exactly is Trump’s strategy now, and can the US military sustain it as the war enters its seventh month?What happened on Monday?The US struck military targets on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, close to Iran’s strategic port of Bandar Abbas. Washington said its forces hit two Iranian rocket launchers wh...