Tehran has threatened to place explosives in the critical global trade route in response to a potential US ground operation
In response to reports that the US is deploying thousands of troops to the Middle East ahead of a possible ground incursion into Iran, the country’s National Defense Council has warned it could seed the Persian Gulf with mines in retaliation.
In the second week of the war on Iran, US Central Command reported destroying 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, which were reportedly unmanned at the time.
Laying naval mines, notoriously difficult to remove, would give Tehran a strong grip over shipping lanes…
Read the full article at RT.COM
