The Implications of Iran Mining the Strait of Hormuz Are Many—and Ugly
Laying mines is cheap—and easy. Clearing them is expensive and hard. The potential consequences are terrifying.
And now, Iran has begun mining the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump simultaneously denied this on Truth Social and threatened that “military consequences to Iran will be at a level never seen before” if it did happen to be true. How the United States can escalate beyond 8,000 Israeli and U.S. air strikes that have k…
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