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    Royal Navy minesweepers patrol the Gulf

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12374262
    "one of the West's nightmare scenarios is that the Gulf could be mined as part of a confrontation with Iran. "
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    Re: Royal Navy minesweepers patrol the Gulf

    yeah thats a dodgy although our mine hunters are really good i have been on one they are set for everything really so i would hope if there is anything they will find and destroy them
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      Re: Royal Navy minesweepers patrol the Gulf

      They don't actually have to mine it, just claim to have done so - no one in their right mind would send a ship through there "just incase".
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        Re: Royal Navy minesweepers patrol the Gulf

        There are still plenty of mines from the Iran-Iraq war to tidy up, a job that will keep them gainfully employed for possibly decades to come.

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