Axios wrote:

The White House is preparing for something that could turn into days—or even weeks—of exchanges of fire with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.

According to American officials, the length and intensity of this new campaign depend entirely on Tehran’s next steps.

The war, which began with the aim of weakening Iran’s missile capability and destroying what remained of its nuclear program, has now turned into an open-ended battle with no clear horizon over the world’s most important energy chokepoint.