U.S. Navy Minesweepers Assigned To Middle East Have Been Moved To Pacific

[NickB79]

https://www.twz.com/sea/u-s-navy-minesweepers-assigned-to-middle-east-have-been-moved-to-pacific?utm_source=pushly

The U.S. Navy Independence class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara, which are configured for minesweeping duties, have appeared in port in Malaysia. Both of these ships were last known to be forward-deployed in the Middle East, having arrived in Bahrain in the past year or so to take the place of a group of now-decomissioned Avenger class mine hunters. Now, as Iranian attacks on commercial ships have caused a virtual halt to maritime traffic through the highly strategic Strait of Hormuz, these ships have emerged thousands of miles away. The extent to which Iran has seeded naval mines in the Strait already is unclear, but this remains a huge threat to the future security of the waterway and will have to be taken into account in any future effort to reopen this critical waterway.

We now have only 1 minesweeper configured warship in the Middle East 🤦

[Deuxcents]

1. Plenty of money to make these decisions so why worry about being smart ?

[ananda]

2. Now we have two no-low bottoms.

One for inhuman actions and policies...

and one for incompletence and demented
idiocy.

[yaesu]

3. As long as Iran is allowing certain tankers and is still using its own fleet

I don't think they would be using any mines.

[City Lights]

4. Curious...nt

[Irish_Dem]

5. This will keep the price of oil high which helps Russia.

[OC375]

6. What mines?

Point being, everyone wants oil to flow, even Iran. It’s a hollow threat that, if carried out, means Hormuz is done as a significant oil source for quite some time for everyone. So why sweep?

[usonian]

7. Iran is laying mines because Epstein and friends were laying minors.

Weapons of mass distraction.