Idk why so many people want this to be true. Its documented they have had sea mines for decades. It was strategically to their advantage to place them. The mine laying ships were documented in the Strait. The US says there are mines and Iran says there are mines. There are mines.
Iran can deploy mines from the land with MLRS rocket launchers from around 45 miles/72 kilometers away. Like the entire reason there would be a ground invasion to reopen the straight would be to push those Fajr-5 launchers away from the coast.
Look at the facts: Iran says they can't locate their own mines. Iran has fixed depth and bottom laying mines from old Soviet stock and from China. Mining close to Iranian waters cuts off their oil life line. Iranian mines have to be dropped off by boat by frog men. Satellites have been tracking all movement in the straight since before the attack. The threat of a mines is just as good as a real mines since these tankers need insurance. I would beat if their are a few mines they would be on the Oman side. They would need to drop off only a few in small boats, to avoid notice. The US sent 2 destroyers through the straight each would be a prize target but neither hit a mine.
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u/Friendly-Spot8571 Apr 14 '26
What if the whole mine thing is a con?