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

Iran has been accused of littering the Strait of Hormuz with mines as the key oil route becomes a battleground in its war ...

The U.S. Navy decommissioned its only four minesweepers in the Middle East last year, but still maintains other countermine ...

Sea mines are disrupting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran warns vessels away. Here’s how these mines pose such a ...

The head of US Central Command said eliminating Iran's "naval threats" is one of the three military objectives.

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz could take months and require underwater robots, laser-equipped helicopters, and elite Navy ...

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

The U.S. said this week that it attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. In the 1980s, Iranian ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—With a federal investigation into technically active but nonproducing “zombie” mines set to begin in March, a citizens law group in Kentucky has found production idled at nearly 40% of ...

There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the United States, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and these long-forgotten facilities can pose a variety of risks to people unaware ...