Navy SEALs carried out secret operation to clear mines from Strait of Hormuz: Report
The covert four-month mission used Navy divers, SEALs and underwater robots, and officials said nearly 1,500 vessels later passed through the strait.
- U.S. Navy SEALs concluded a covert four-month operation clearing Iranian naval mines from the Strait of Hormuz, successfully restoring international shipping lanes using specialized robotic vessels and divers to neutralize explosive threats.
- The IRGC began placing mines following the U.S.-Israel war on February 28, obstructing a route that previously carried one-fifth of global oil supplies, with the International Maritime Organization reporting nearly 80 mines positioned along the shipping lane.
- American forces removed more than 200 mine-like objects from shipping lanes, though officials determined only 11 were actual mines; Special Forces Personnel operated from inflatable boats using sonar-equipped submersibles and divers in hazardous nighttime missions.
- Nearly 1,500 vessels carrying approximately 750 million barrels of crude oil passed through the strait under U.S. protection during recent months, though CENTCOM commander Adm. Cooper noted shipping remains below pre-conflict levels.
- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned that Tehran could target energy infrastructure if the U.S. strikes further regional assets, while concerns of re-mining persist as patrol vessels frequently sail through the area at night.
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRC) destroyed an American aerial reconnaissance drone. An incident with a Saildrone model vehicle took place on 10 September in the area of the Strait of Ormuz, declared to IRGC, transferred TASS. Iranian elites confirmed a successful attack on U.S. equipment. "The IRGC Coast Guard struck one of the enemy's drones with on-board number 5838, such as Saildrone, in the area of the entrance to the Strategic St…
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRC) announced on Thursday that an American drone had attacked near the Strait of Ormuz, collecting intelligence. "IRGC SMS stated that it had attacked an American unskelped saildrone-type submersible vehicle with on-board number 5838 at the entrance to the Strait of Ormuz," reports Press TV.
(Cairo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy claims to have struck a U.S. unmanned reconnaissance vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, [claiming] the strait block...
IRGC Navy says 'Sildrone' vessel with hull number 5838 targeted, warns any 'hostile movement' will be struck
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announced in its announcement number 16 the destruction of a US terrorist army submarine in the Strait of Hormuz.
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