U.S. Navy Deploys Sea Robots To Sweep Hormuz Chokepoint For Mines
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Source: Zero Hedge
Published: 2026-04-19 22:45 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 90
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Property, Defence, Middle East, Military & Defence, Iran, War & Conflict, Technology
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The US military is deploying unmanned and autonomous surface platforms that can tow an advanced mine-hunting sonar system to detect sea mines that were deployed by Iranian naval forces. This development comes even as Iran closed the Hormuz chokepoint on Saturday morning.
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