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Trump is ordering the US Navy to blockade Iran's ports and sweep mines from the Strait of Hormuz. Here's why that won't be easy.

How the US Navy could blockade Iran’s ports and sweep mines from the Strait of Hormuz

Six weeks after the beginning of the war with Iran, President Donald Trump is giving the United States Navy its most difficult jobs of the conflict: blockade Iran’s ports and clear the strategic Strait of Hormuz of any Iranian mines.

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