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How sea mines threaten global trade, and how navies detect them
Iran has deployed a limited number of sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz to threaten shipping and disrupt global trade, U.S. intelligence officials assessed.
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How sea mines threaten global trade, and how navies detect them
Iranian forces have used small speedboats to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Tasnim News Agency, CC BYU.S. intelligence officials have assessed that Iranian forces have deployed a small number of mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical choke point for global shipping, according to reports. The move gives the Iranians a means, along with missiles and drones, of threatening ships. The U.S. Navy recently decommissioned the minesweeping vessels…
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