U.S. Central Command announced Saturday that American forces have begun de-mining the Strait of Hormuz, deploying two Navy guided-missile destroyers to carve a safe passage through waters that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had seeded with sea mines during the ongoing conflict. The operation marks a direct effort to reopen the chokepoint through which roughly a fifth of the world’s daily oil consumption normally flows.
The USS Frank E. Peterson and the USS Michael Murphy began “setting conditions” for the mission Saturday morning, The Hill reported. Both destroyers had previously operated in the Arabian Gulf to help clear mines laid by Tehran, and Centcom Commander Adm. Brad Cooper framed the new phase as a turning point for global commerce.
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