The Financial Times reported on the 6th, citing informed sources, that amidst the exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Navy has been secretly conducting mine-sweeping operations in the strait over the past four months. Deploying Navy SEAL divers, unmanned surface vessels, and specialized underwater vehicles under the cover of darkness, they have been searching for and destroying sea mines. Nitya Labh, an associate fellow at Chatham House, described the mission as extremely time-consuming and highly dangerous, noting that once a mine is located, it must be “actively detonated underwater.”
Financial Times Reveals U.S. Military Minesweeping Mission in the Strait of Hormuz
