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REVEALED: Has iran modified its rocket systems to fire mines into the strait of hormuz | Vintage Vibes

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Iran has reportedly modified Fajr-5 rocket launchers to be able to launch mines into the Strait of Hormuz — Iran has reportedly modified Fajr-5 rocket launchers to be able to launch mines into the Strait of Hormuz (illustrative photo of a Fajr-5 rocket launcher from 2012) © Hadi Yazdani, AP

Fighting escalated in the Middle East over the weekend after US airstrikes on Sunday targeted Iranian rocket launchers on the island of Larak. The exchange of fire was instigated by the US in retaliation against Iran’s new capabilities for firing mines from rockets into the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s use of rocket launchers to deploy sea mines into the strategic waterway would be unprecedented, but not implausible. Even so, some analysts remain sceptical.

The motive behind the US strikes on Sunday, which hit Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, appears to have been the prevention of a new threat to shipping in the vital waterway.

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