Limpit Mines News Today

Manhattan. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, june 18. im yasmin vossoughian alongside white house correspondent jeff bennett. the move comes amid tensions in iran and in addition to the roughly 1,500 troops trump announced he was sending in late may. pat trick shanahan says it is, quote, to address air, naval and ground threats in the region. the u.s. has accused iran of a string of attacks in the gulf. the u.s. central command says limpit mines were used and released a video of a irania...

And use under water. some are set off with a timer while others only explode after the vessel its attached to travel a specific distance. limpits were used in world war ii. iran is no stranger to limpit mines. they were use in the 80s during the eight-year tanker war with iran and iraq where the two nations attacked each others tankers in the gulf. its believed that limpit mines were used in the may attack off the coast of the united arab emirates. the u.s. pointed the finger at iran for those a...