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How sea mines threaten global trade, and how navies detect them

  • Written by John Femiani, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Miami University
imageIranian forces have used small speedboats to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz.Tasnim News Agency, CC BY

U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that Iranian forces have deployed a small number of mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical choke point for global shipping, according to reports. The move gives the Iranians a means, along with...

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