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
Im speculating on the possibilities and the futility of the use of force.
It would seriously take very little work to disable a ship with small mines, IEDs, whatever you want to call them. The Cole took serious damage as a war ship with a small craft and IED.
Even the threat, possibility, or sheer greed will drive insurance companies to raise rates.
IEDs are not being used in this war so far
You can not use an IED sea mine. They need to meet some specific engineering requirements to be effective
Evidence indicates this was a projectile attack, not a sea mine as Iran claimed
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
Im speculating on the possibilities and the futility of the use of force.
It would seriously take very little work to disable a ship with small mines, IEDs, whatever you want to call them. The Cole took serious damage as a war ship with a small craft and IED.
Even the threat, possibility, or sheer greed will drive insurance companies to raise rates.