60 Minutes · U.S., Iran in a "new phase" of the conflict, retired Navy vice admiral explains

1. 1. The US launched a second wave of strikes targeting Iran's military capabilities used to threaten vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
2. 2. President Trump said Iran wants to settle and the US will decide whether to negotiate or finish it off.
3. 3. US forces disabled an oil tanker headed to an Iranian port for violating the US blockade that resumed yesterday.
4. 4. Retired Vice Admiral Robert Morett says the US and Iran are in a new phase of tit-for-tat conflict with escalating strikes on both sides.
5. 5. A ground invasion of Iran would be a dramatic escalation with high casualties and is unlikely given current administration interest.
6. 6. Iran may target oil infrastructure in Gulf states if the US escalates further, hinting at more aggressive tiers of targets.
7. 7. The US used sea drones in combat for the first time to attack an Iranian naval port, and Morett says unmanned platforms are the wave of the future.