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Iran's arsenal includes sea mines that can float as shallow as 3 feet, anchor to the seabed at depths up to 164 feet, and detonate up to 120 kg of explosives on contact.
Iran primarily deploys them using frogmen on small boats disguised as fishing vessels, making them nearly impossible to identify and eliminate.
The goal is not to sink ships but to disrupt global shipping, as even the threat of mines is enough to keep tankers out of the strait.
Mines have damaged more US Navy ships than any other weapon since World War II.
The cheapest weapon in the arsenal is causing one the most expensive disruptions.
Iran primarily deploys them using frogmen on small boats disguised as fishing vessels, making them nearly impossible to identify and eliminate.
The goal is not to sink ships but to disrupt global shipping, as even the threat of mines is enough to keep tankers out of the strait.
Mines have damaged more US Navy ships than any other weapon since World War II.
The cheapest weapon in the arsenal is causing one the most expensive disruptions.
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