But Admiral Cooper, you mentioned that the current mission right now is basically the US Blockade of Iranian ships or ships that are transiting the Straits of Hormuz to Iranian ports. That's in response to Iran basically effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz before that. As you know, experts across the political spectrum and multiple administrations, political administrations have all agreed that a war against Iran, Iran's first moves would be to mine the Straits of Hormuz to prevent tanker traffic. (00:47–00:54)
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