Dolphins and drones: Analyst explains how to demine the Strait of Hormuz (opens in new tab)

Planting mines along waterways is a common naval tactic, and there are many ways to recover the mines, says Mark Kimmitt, former US assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs\. “The way you conduct these types of operations, these countermeasure operations, is you basically create lanes for ships to go through,” he told Al Jazeera\. “The intent will be to try to create lanes through the use of your mine countermeasure capabilities, whether they be boats … drones … we even...