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Stryst

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7. And here come the mines...

Reply to vanessa_ca (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 03:17 AM

19 hrs ago

Iran has a stockpile of about five or six thousand sea mines, specifically for mining the straight. And they have submarines to deploy them.

This will be many times worse than Iraq.

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Iran's Guards challenges Trump to have US Navy escort oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz [View all] vanessa_ca Yesterday OP

This isnt going to be six weeks or six months.... Klarkashton 23 hrs ago #1

Yes and Nasser showed the world in 1956 moniss 23 hrs ago #2

Ridiculous sarisataka 23 hrs ago #3

The combination of mines and ships would do just fine and moniss 22 hrs ago #5

You are not taking depth into account sarisataka 22 hrs ago #6

The range is a Chinese Silkworm missile James48 19 hrs ago #9

They could plant mines all over the place IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #4

And they have the stockpile to do it. Stryst 19 hrs ago #8

And here come the mines... Stryst 19 hrs ago #7