Iranian sea mines: Naval nightmare threatening Achilles' heel of US warships
Following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Tehran is believed to be seeking to choke the vital Strait of Hormuz — the world’s most important oil
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Iranian sea mines: Naval nightmare threatening Achilles' heel of US warships
Following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Tehran is believed to be seeking to choke the vital Strait of Hormuz — the world’s most important oil shipping route — with fears it may be deploying sea mines to disrupt tanker traffic.
US forces have struck 28 Iranian mine-laying vessels, Head Donald Trump stated Wednesday, more than a week into the Middle East conflict.
Any Iranian mining of the key shipping lane, as its forces did in the 1980s, would be a nightmare for Western demining teams.
"Mines are the weapon of the poor," a former senior officer with the French fleet and specialist on the subject informed AFP on condition of anonymity.
Yet "they pose a fundamental security concern to maritime commerce and to the liberty of action of naval forces," he stated.
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