Despite the danger of sea mines, experts say that mine clearing has received minimal attention and funding from the U.S. Navy ...

U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that Iranian forces have deployed a small number of mines in the Strait of Hormuz, ...

Some military and defense experts argue the Independence-class littoral combat ship equipped with the MCM mission package ...

U.S. officials say assessments show at least a dozen Iranian mines in the Strait of Hormuz as President Trump backs off his ...

Rising tensions with Iran have raised a critical question: can the United States reopen the Strait of Hormuz if it is mined? In this video, we break down the real plan behind how the United States ...

President Trump has suggested providing escorts for stranded tankers. A mine strike on a U.S. frigate in the Persian Gulf ...

The USS Santa Barbara and USS Tulsa, which are homeported in Bahrain, arrived in Singapore this week.

On Monday, Mr. Trump had warned Iran of the consequences of stopping the flow of commercial ship traffic in the Strait, ...

Concerns are rising over the security of the Strait of Hormuz after US officials said Iran may be preparing to deploy naval mines in the key waterway .

After USS Samuel B. Roberts was ripped open by an Iranian mine in April 1988, the U.S. Navy launched Operation Praying Mantis ...

The United States said this week that it had attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. In the 1980s, Iranian mines damaged oil tankers and a U.S. Navy warship. By Francesca ...