Iran has escalated its strikes on commercial ships transiting Hormuz in recent weeks, as it tries to choke off a rebound in crude oil exports.
  • Taldan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    1. IEDs are not being used in this war so far

    2. You can not use an IED sea mine. They need to meet some specific engineering requirements to be effective

    3. Evidence indicates this was a projectile attack, not a sea mine as Iran claimed

    Once you use mines, you have to assume there is always mines.

    Correct, which is the incentive for Iran to claim this is a sea mine. They would like ships to believe the Omani route being used by US CentCom is mined