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To: pabianice

I don’t think there’s a Navy in the Western world that takes mine warfare seriously these days.

Why were the Osprey class decommissioned?


3 posted on 03/18/2012 4:47:28 AM PDT by Dundee (They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
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Makes sense. I don't know much about our minesweeping capability, but I'm told mining the straits would present a far greater and longer term challenge than Iran's Boston Whaler clones.

4 posted on 03/18/2012 8:10:30 AM PDT by SJackson (The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement)
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