US says it's hunting for explosive mines in latest push to open the Strait of Hormuz

Great... Now how much of my tax money is being spent on this operation that was completely avoidable in the first place?

the rest of the article is interesting but mostly the details "what/why/how" for the task of clearing mines: >Insurers are adding a clause that requires ship owners to contact Iranian authorities to ensure safe passage, said Dylan Mortimer, U.K. marine war leader for insurance broker Marsh. >That certification does not mention mines specifically and is intended to protect against the entire spectrum of threats, including missile and drone attacks or seizures, Mortimer said. >But mines do, at the very least, play a psychological role, a phenomenon Mortimer called the “specter of threat.” >“That plays in the Iranians’ favor, because whether there are mines there or not, people think there’s mines there and they will operate accordingly,” Mortimer said.

Now they want to open it? Just last week Trump said he was going to close it even harder than it already was. He literally has no idea what he's doing.

Our ships are absolutely not in the Strait of Hormuz doing any mine clearing.

Where are our minesweepers? Probably still in dry dock Alabama. All he does is lie

If we want the Strait of Hormuz to be open with no mines, then maybe Hermoine can let us borrow her f****** Time Turner and we can go back to before the narcissistic orange fuckwit of a toddler started this war?

I thought he was blockading it. I can't keep up...

Explosive mines. Are there other types ?

They are not in the strait looking for mines lol. Another lie

I stopped believing anything that comes out of our government.

Iran is letting friendly ships through, but US/Trump admin sources say it's mined. Mines were just one possible issue, the threat of anti-ship missiles or airborne drones are what's been keeping the strait closed.

So where are those Epstein files again?

How can an enemy military that's 100% destroyed lay any mines in the strait?

This isbullshit and they are lying, because Iran does not have to use mines to keep the straight blocked/closed, just by the threat of hitting the passing ship by a drone or a rocket.

That probably would have been a lot easier if they hadn’t decided to scrap the mine sweepers that we used to have specifically for this job.

Mines aren't the biggest problem, if Iran says its closed, it is closed. Get the pedophile and his Israeli operative-in law away and send someone to actually talk.

wait, saying 'explosive mines' implies there are non-explosive ones? are there non-explosive sea mines?

You mean the strait that was already open and flowing just fine before the US did all of this? Why isn't the entirety of the US populace on strike? Their tax money is being used for this and the prices for everything are going up as a result of it. They should be outraged.

Setup for the announcement that the strait is open for Monday trading before it's closed after a ship hits a mine.

I thought everything was obliterated and the war was won. How is this possible?

Good thing they are not hunting for angry mimes there. You never know just what's next for the drunken department of war.

It's a delaying tactic until all your rich friends can liquefy some assets so they can plunge the stock markets after you make your announcement

Or we could just leave, and do nothing and stop wasting money on old man dementia's latest boondoggle.

How the US can't even sail it's ships into the Strait without being attacked

This is likely just more market manipulation. Mines are not the only worry. They are A worry for sure, but even if the US could guarantee 100% there are no mines in the Strait (which they can't), Iran can still attack ships going through the Strait with rockets and drones. As long as Iran is saying ships can not cross without their say so, ships can not cross as the US is simply not capable of stopping Iran from attacking said ships. The US knows this, and so them trying to assure people that they're getting rid of the mines is just them trying to manipulate the market.

I thought we had no intention of opening it and Trump isn’t in a rush, though?

I thought the Strait was open? Or wait, it’s closed today, right? Is there a Strait tracker app?

How well mined was the Strait before ~~President Trump~~ Israel started this war?

Oceanian was always at war with Eastasia and allied with Eurasia. Oceanian was always at war with Eurasisa and allied with Eastasia. I dont belive a f****** word from this administration and military.

> explosive mines Is that like 'illegal criminals' - just adding superlatives to make it seem worse than it already is?

How can they hunt mines when they haven't any ships in the strait? Am I missing something?

This is like the old joke about someone looking for a lost wallet under a streetlight because the lighting is better there. We don't have any ships in the strait because they'd be sitting ducks for Iranian drones and missles.

Lolol good luck. That area is so diverse that as you find them, new ones are being placed. It would be the tail of playing cat and mouse

I thought they were blockading it?

Explosive mines, are there any other kind?

Bet that would have been a lot easier if they had purpose-built ships.

So we’re definitely dropping mines, right?

Wait, they want to open it? What the f*** is actually going on?

Shhhhh! Be vewee, vewee quiet. We're hunting a wascally wab.. Wait no! uh.. mines. We're a hunting mines unda dawadda.

Should be an easy task for the almighty Trump

Didn't a bunch of ships go through the strait without issue? Maybe they know where the mines are and where they aren't? Maybe follow their route? Seems fishy.

Maybe there's no mines & they're just f****** with America wasting their time

Guess it won't be open anytime soon then since the Pentagon apparently just informed Congress that it might take 6 months to fully clear the mines.

The strait could be 100% free of mines but that doesn’t mean it would open. Iran has shown it can control it if it wants to at this point, as ships are not going to risk it.

What’s the insurance underwriters policy when the claims from small arms shooting start?

They're hunting for mines outside the Strait because they won't go in.

Hormuz isn’t open because insurance companies wont cover transit and are charging too much. It was closed well before any mines. If shop do transit they’ll be adding those costs to us. The next few years are going to be tough

I have never learnt this much about this damn strait of hormuz in my life and I had no freaking idea this even existed in the first place lol.