The Navy sent two guided missile destroyers through the Strait of Hormuz as the first step in its plan to reopen the critical waterway to commercial ship traffic.
On Saturday, U.S. Central Command officials said the USS Frank E. Peterson and the USS Michael Murphy successfully transited the 24-mile-wide chokepoint that connects the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
The operation was part of a “broader mission to ensure the strait is fully clear of sea mines previously laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” Central Command said in a statemen
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