Originally Posted by Skinny
Originally Posted by gwstang
Originally Posted by Skinny
Originally Posted by 2Dogs
Iran claims they mined the main channel and normal shipping lanes in the straight. That's what the toll deal is about , now the ships passing must travel in their waters. I don't understand how we would let that happen after the war started . Are the Iranians lying about the mines?

Like I said in another post. Thats how mines work. Nobody wants to find out the hard way if they lied or not.

Couldn't we just carpet bomb the water in the straights and that would clear the mines?

21 miles wide by 75 miles long by however deep it is. That might take a while and be cost prohibitive.

Just a straight path up the middle or such. Seems doable. Maybe something they have can do the job.