"Last week as Iran laid mines in the Persian Gulf, four of the U.S. Navy’s few specialist minesweepers were
on the move—to Philadelphia and their eventual decommissioning."
"The Navy hasn’t had a significant mine clearing capability in decades, former naval officers and analysts said.
Now it faces having to deal with the risk of mines in one of the world’s most important waterways while the
West’s thinking on how to deal with the seaborne threat is in flux."
"Defense companies and navies, including in the U.S., are experimenting with unmanned technology and
artificial intelligence that they believe will provide safer and more effective ways of clearing mines before
they can do any damage. But while promising, limited amounts of that technology have been produced and
it is largely untested in conflict."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/america-gave-up-some-of-its-last-minesweepers-then-iran-made-them-necessary-again/ar-AA1YQp2j
