Clearing Mines in the Strait of Hormuz: Q&A with Scott Savitz

Hundreds of U.S. airstrikes have targeted one of Iran’s key strengths in recent months: naval mines. U.S. officials believe those strikes have wiped out 90 percent of Iran’s once-formidable stockpile. But that’s not the only statistic that matters right now. The risk that even a few Iranian mines may have landed in the Strait of Hormuz has helped paralyze shipping traffic in one of the world’s most important waterways.

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