No effort should be made to clear mines set in Iranian waters.
Focus on the habitual shipping lanes of the Strait.
The Iranians are taking a lesson from the Barbary pirates. As long as they have the power to close the Strait of Hormuz, they can extract tribute and fees from anyone wishing to transit. Removing the sea mines is difficult and necessary. However until Iran’s very effective drones are neutralized, the Iranians can control the strait.
Strike the Neck of These Pirates
Permanently!
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Free Persian Citizens!
Dredging ops any time soon?
This is good information.
I found it silly to think we didn’t have a way to clear mines since we don’t have many ships officially called “Mine Sweepers”.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat and we know all of them, while using our brains to come up with even more ways.
Perfect opportunity for a US Liberty-style false-flag attack.
If the Iranians had anything they would have shot at our destroyers and did not. Sounds like a giant bluff.
The only thing that should be left of Iran is a name in a history book.
They are a world problem.