【Iran can't find the mines in the Strait of Hormuz】 With U.S.-Iran negotiations approaching, another issue has emerged.
The Revolutionary Guard has issued a warning: ships may hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz!
Iranian media have also released nautical charts showing safe shipping routes.
However, it remains unclear whether Iran has recorded the exact locations of each mine.
Even if the positions were recorded, some mines might shift or drift due to ocean currents.
Just like landmines, clearing naval mines is far more difficult than laying them.
The United States cannot accurately determine how many mines Iran has laid in the strait, nor their precise locations.
The U.S. military lacks strong mine-clearance capabilities and can only rely on littoral combat ships equipped with mine-clearing abilities.
Iran, too, lacks the ability to quickly clear mines—even those it deployed itself.
Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi recently stated that the strait will be "open to shipping, taking technical limitations into full consideration."
The so-called "technical limitations" refer precisely to Iran's inability to swiftly detect or remove mines.
At such a critical moment, well then—let the mines float a little longer.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1862132568230976/
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