silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIran begins laying mines in Strait of Hormuz, sources saywww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down19
arrow-up1193arrow-down1external-linkIran begins laying mines in Strait of Hormuz, sources saywww.cnn.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareSunforged@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoMore proof they aren’t currently interested in mines and likely haven’t deployed them yet.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month 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-up1·1 month 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.