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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are more troops being sent to the ME after Trump just claimed the war is "over"?

[twitter]https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/2044390298269188416?s=20[/twitter][/quote]

Probably to clear the strait of Iranian mines, duh.[/quote]

Yeah, right.

This is so sick.

I feel so badly for those proud Americans who signed up to fight to protect their country.

Here, they are protecting Israel. And they are protecting the billionaires including Trump who what to steal Iran's oil.

Iran poses no direct threat to the US. Our soldiers should not be sent to die in this undeclared war that's begun by Trump as a distraction from Epstein.

I have family in the military. They did NOT sign up for this. 
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What a bizarrely naive comment.  They’re not “protecting Israel.”  The US (and other countries) are trying to open the Strait so that oil can be supplied around the world.  Why is the strait closed?  Because Iran chose to lay its mines there.  Take it up with Iran.[/quote]

You’re naive.  The US has been bombing and destroying Iran and Iran closed the strait to get the US to stop.  Nothing was happening to the US to make US start killing Iranians.  On the other side Israel has been destroying Beirut, pretending it’s about Hamas, but it’s not.  It’s about taking their land.   Don’t be gullible. [/quote]

Is that why 40 countries have rebuked Iran for laying mines in the Strait and blocking ships, as well as demanding Iran open the Strait back up?  Huh, interesting.[/quote]

DP You just can not help yourself can you? The strait is open just have to make a deal with the Iranians and pay some money. Oh and there are no mines. Ships who have made deals go through the strait every day. If there were mines ships would be sinking. That is how mines work. [/quote]

I love how you, a random troll, thinks you speak with more authority than you know, the people who actually know what's going on.  Please educate yourself before opening your mouth and wasting everyone's time.  Iran has left a path open to ships willing to pay a toll.  The US Navy has a map of the mine-laden areas and are working to clear them because Iran is too incompetent to do it themselves.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/how-the-us-could-clear-mines-from-the-strait-of-hormuz/ar-AA212QoU?ocid=BingNewsSerp
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/strait-of-hormuz-mines-iran-us
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/13/what-do-we-know-about-sea-mines-in-and-around-the-strait-of-hormuz[/quote]

You do not even understand how traffic works in the strait or how mine clearing operations work but you call troll? If there were mines it would take one to three months to remove them if no active measures were taken by Iran. The US does not even have mine sweeping ships in the region. The US has very limited capability deployed in the Middle East for mine sweeping and those ships are nowhere near the strait. So how are they mapping your mines?

Also the Iranian have underwater drones that act as mobile fields. They have a range of 600km and can stay out for 4-6 days. The Iranians have not mined the strait and the strait is now open. Tell us that is possible?[/quote]

You are a truly tiresome troll.

[b]The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has dropped sea mines in the strait, [/b]according to the U.S. [b]and Iranian news agencies[/b].

[b]The U.S. Navy has one littoral combat ship built for mine clearing, as well as other military assets in the region capable of doing that work. The Navy has dispatched two additional mine-clearing ships from Japan that are heading to the region.[/b]
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-says-iran-and-u-s-are-working-to-remove-sea-mines-from-strait-of-hormuz

The U.S. is trying to secure the strait from mines as part of efforts to end Iran's disruption of shipping, which has severely curbed global energy supplies since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Iran at the end of February.

But while the U.S. can draw on modernised technology to remotely check for and remove mines, clearing a strategic waterway such as the Strait of Hormuz will still be a slow, multi‑step process, former naval officers and industry specialists say.

[b]The U.S. military said over the weekend it had started the mine-clearing operation, sending two warships through the strait, but offered few details about the equipment involved. It said on Saturday that additional forces, including underwater drones, would join the effort in the coming days.[/b]

Iran had recently deployed about a dozen mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported last month, citing sources familiar with the matter. It is not publicly known where mines may have been laid.

Traditionally, the U.S. Navy relied on manned minesweeping ships that physically entered minefields, using sonars to locate the devices and mechanical gear dragged behind the vessel to clear explosives, sometimes supported by human divers. Much of that aging fleet has been retired.

They are being replaced by lighter vessels known as littoral combat ships, which carry modern mine‑hunting equipment such as semi‑autonomous surface and underwater drones as well as [b]remote‑controlled robots that enable crews to distance themselves from the minefield. The navy has three of these in deployment.[/b]

Two of those ships were undergoing maintenance in Singapore, a senior U.S. official told Reuters in late March. At the time, the U.S. minesweeping capacity in the ⁠Middle East included unmanned undersea vehicles, four of the traditional Avenger-class vessels, helicopters and divers, according to the official.

The U.S. operation will likely involve searching for mines using unmanned surface and underwater vehicles equipped with sensors. Once a mine‑like object is detected, the data is typically transferred to crews operating outside the minefield, who identify the device. They then determine how it should be neutralized.

The Navy’s search capability now includes sonar-mounted unmanned surface and undersea vehicles, as well as helicopters that are used to spot mines near the surface, former naval officials say.

To destroy mines, the Navy can deploy systems such as the torpedo‑shaped Archerfish, a remotely operated device about 2 metres long that carries an explosive charge and transmits video back to operators via cable, according to its manufacturer, BAE Systems. Designed to be expendable, it costs tens of thousands of dollars.

The U.S. could also use unmanned boats towing mine‑sweeping sleds that trigger detonations or gather mines, said Bryan Clark, a retired U.S. naval officer and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. Human divers are also sometimes used, including for intelligence gathering, specialists say.

Clearing the strait could take two or three weeks, Clark said, and Iranian attacks on mine‑clearing crews could slow the process and raise risks. As a result, he said, the U.S. military may deploy defensive measures like ships and airborne drones to defend crews and equipment.

“Finding and destroying mines is very time consuming,” U.S. Admiral Daryl Caudle, chief of naval operations, said in March. That leaves mine‑clearing capability “vulnerable,” he added.

New technologies are being developed to speed up mine clearance, particularly through advances in sensors used for detection, specialists say.

French technology and defence group Thales says its latest sonar can scan a suspected mine from three different angles in one pass, a process that typically requires multiple sweeps.

Advances in artificial intelligence are also enabling more data analysis to be carried out onboard unmanned vessels.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/how-the-us-could-clear-mines-from-the-strait-of-hormuz/ar-AA213vR9?ocid=BingNewsSerp[/quote]

Oh lookie the mine troll is back! When are you going to give it up? It’s all lies and propaganda. Just take the L and move along. No one is talking about mines in the strait. Troll some place else.[/quote]

I'm so embarrassed for you, every time you try desperately to deny what every other nation (including Iran!  :lol: ) has acknowledged.  You're the biggest purveyor of lies and propaganda on this thread.

Macron’s office said roles for members of the international coalition working to reopen the strait could include “intelligence, [b]mine-clearing capabilities[/b], military escorts [and] communication procedures with coastal states”.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany could contribute [b]mine clearance[/b] and intelligence capabilities to the international mission, but would need parliamentary support and a ″secure legal basis″ such as a UN Security Council resolution.

The Norwegian Shipowners’ Association said several things had to be clarified before any ships can transit the strait, including [b]the presence of mines,[/b] Iranian conditions and practical implementation.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/17/world-reacts-to-the-opening-of-the-strait-of-hormuz-amid-us-iran-conflict[/quote]

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