silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoIran begins laying mines in Strait of Hormuz, sources saywww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down18
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkIran begins laying mines in Strait of Hormuz, sources saywww.cnn.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareSunforged@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 days agoMore proof they aren’t currently interested in mines and likely haven’t deployed them yet.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 days agoJust that they weren’t deployed in a way that prevents a pilot who knows where the mines are from avoiding them. In the 1980s, tankers regularly transited despite a risk of mines.
minus-squareSunforged@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days ago“There are, in fact, tankers coming through now, Iranian tankers, I believe some Chinese flag tankers have come through. So we know that they have not mined the straits.” You’re understanding of the situation is not based on how mines work in the straight.
More proof they aren’t currently interested in mines and likely haven’t deployed them yet.
Just that they weren’t deployed in a way that prevents a pilot who knows where the mines are from avoiding them. In the 1980s, tankers regularly transited despite a risk of mines.
“There are, in fact, tankers coming through now, Iranian tankers, I believe some Chinese flag tankers have come through. So we know that they have not mined the straits.”
You’re understanding of the situation is not based on how mines work in the straight.