You just watched ships pass through there last week. You are also asking me to believe that our Military and intelligence have not
been paying attention to boat activity in the Straight. That's absurd. Think Caribbean Drug Boats.
So the "approved" for passage Tankers have had all the Mine coordinates so they can avoid them right ?
Very possible.
I don't think the ships that have been passing went through the normal channel. They’re been traveling just north of it in Iranian waters, that's why the Iranians think they can control who passes and charge a toll. Least that's what I glean from the news, but who knows the straight of it?