# maritime mines

How Iran’s Mine-and-Drone Campaign Has Humiliated a 2,500-Strong US Marine Deployment in the Strait of Hormuz

A mid-March U.S. Marine deployment to the Strait of Hormuz has failed to secure merchant transits as Iran uses mines, drones and small-boat tactics to blunt conventional maritime power. The standoff is disrupting global energy flows, exposing vulnerabilities in Western naval doctrine and prompting political unease among Gulf partners.