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Europe's Navy Eyes Hormuz: Britain and France ready mine-hunting drones to reopen the world’s oil chokepoint, but only if the guns fall silent

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“Europe's Navy Eyes Hormuz: Britain and France ready mine-hunting drones to reopen the world’s oil chokepoint, but only if the guns fall silent”

Britain is co-leading planning with France for a "Multinational Military Mission" meant to give commercial ships safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The solution has an autonomous mine countermeasures capability already working in the region, according to an answer given in Parliament. On October 24, UK Defence Journal reported that the Royal Navy withdrew its last Sandown-class minehunters from the Gulf and replaced crewed mine-warfare vessels there with uncrewed systems operated from a…

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