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US Navy Deploys Underwater Drones to Crush Iranian Mines in Strait of HormuzAmerican warships just punched through Iran’s mine blockade and underwater drones are heading in to finish the job.CENTCOM announced that guided-missile destroyers USS Michael Murphy and USS Frank E. Peterson have entered the Strait of Hormuz and started clearing sea mines planted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.The mission is simple and decisive: reopen the vital oil chokepoint and restore safe passage for global shipping. Underwater drones will join the operation in the coming days to hunt down and destroy the Iranian mines.Tehran’s incompetence is glaring. The regime can’t even find its own mines, leaving the U.S. Navy to clean up their reckless aggression.This strong response comes as the conflict with Iran escalates. While Tehran thought mining a critical waterway would choke the world economy, America’s military is showing once again that freedom of navigation will be enforced on U.S. terms.The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly one-fifth of the planet’s oil. With destroyers already on station and underwater drones en route, that lifeline is being secured fast and forcefully.No more games. The U.S. Navy is opening the strait and keeping it open.