return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIran laying 'sea mines' across Strait of Hormuz shipping lanemetro.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down17
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minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 days agoMaybe but this is the last thing that US officials want publicized. It’s one thing to claim that you’ll provide missile defense to tankers traversing the strait, it’s another to ask them to sail through a minefield.
minus-squareCannonFodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoAnd that’s why the U.S. just bombed a whole bunch of Iranian boats in the area.
Maybe but this is the last thing that US officials want publicized.
It’s one thing to claim that you’ll provide missile defense to tankers traversing the strait, it’s another to ask them to sail through a minefield.
And that’s why the U.S. just bombed a whole bunch of Iranian boats in the area.