From the January protests to Operation Epic Fury to the mine-laying crisis — how naval mines costing less than a used car shut down the Strait of Hormuz, divided the international community, and threatened a global food and energy shock.
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Iran's naval mines — cheap, deniable, and historically devastating — have transformed the Strait of Hormuz into an economic choke point even after the …
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