Iran begins mining Strait of Hormuz as Washington's tanker escort claim collapses

[Melon]

22. Naval vessels including the little speedboats was a couple hundred at the start. Not 1000's.

All the larger vessels are sunk and one held by Sri Lanka.
Every day they are getting weaker. Going by the regional history, even ground troops may not stomp out everything small like drones or rockets. But…what damage are they really doing? Iran is real ineffectual. They’ve killed 7 Americans. They’ve killed 1 Israeli. When was the last time a mine sank a ship? Our sensors and mine sweepers are in the area. There is a reason why you don’t hear about mines a lot for the last 40 years.

Edit. Correction. 11 Israeli killed.