US turns to drones after retiring minesweepers to reopen Strait of Hormuz as Iran crisis rages

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The U.S. is racing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as  Iran threatens one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes, testing a Navy that has recently retired most of its dedicated minesweepers and is now relying on a smaller fleet of unmanned systems to do the job. President Donald Trump has warned Tehran against further escalation and signaled the U.S. is prepared to act to keep the strait open, while Iranian forces have laid mines and threatened commercial traffic in the narrow waterway that

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