India, May 24 -- The US unquestionably retains the ability to destroy Iranian naval assets over time. However, military capability alone does not guarantee strategic success.

The Strait of Hormuz is no longer merely a maritime passage connecting the Persian Gulf with the Arabian Sea. It has evolved into the strategic fulcrum of global geopolitics - a narrow corridor where military power, energy security, economics, diplomacy, and great-power rivalry converge with dangerous intensity.

The fact that, in every phase of the US-Iran confrontation, President Trump repeatedly threatened a ground attack but later postponed it, often after appeals from allied states, indicates the complexity of the military operations involved. From sanctions an...