Iranian sea mines: Naval nightmare threatening Achilles' heel of US warships
Published on March 12, 2026
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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