In recent months, the US and Iran have launched tit-for-tat attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, the US has also carried out a more covert operation in this narrow, strategically significant strait. According to people familiar with this operation, the US military mostly chose to send Navy SEAL divers, robot boats, and special underwater vehicles into this dangerous strait at night to carry out a four-month demining mission. Explosives disposal is a risky operation carried out in a dark underwater environment to remove a key obstacle. Since the US and Israel attacked Iran in February, this factor has prevented merchant ships from carrying important cargo through the strait. Since the outbreak of the war, Tehran claims that it has planted mines in the international waters of the strait and in the waters of Oman. The International Maritime Organization said in June that about 80 mines have been placed on important waterways. According to data from the waterway monitoring agency, at least since the beginning of June, three US ships based in the bay and carrying out anti-mine missions have left the region and deployed to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

In recent months, the US and Iran have launched tit-for-tat attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, the US has also carried out a more covert operation in this narrow, strategically significant strait. According to people familiar with this operation, the US military mostly chose to send Navy SEAL divers, robot boats, and special underwater vehicles into this dangerous strait at night to carry out a four-month demining mission. Explosives disposal is a risky operation carried out in a dark underwater environment to remove a key obstacle. Since the US and Israel attacked Iran in February, this factor has prevented merchant ships from carrying important cargo through the strait. Since the outbreak of the war, Tehran claims that it has planted mines in the international waters of the strait and in the waters of Oman. The International Maritime Organization said in June that about 80 mines have been placed on important waterways. According to data from the waterway monitoring agency, at least since the beginning of June, three US ships based in the bay and carrying out anti-mine missions have left the region and deployed to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.