There are no shortage of plans that we have that you have plans to deal with the closing of the Strait. We had four minesweepers that were stationed in the Middle east, were just retired last year, and Our remaining minesweepers were either stationed in Japan or not pre-positioned in the region. This is despite public reporting that we currently already have limited unmanned mine clearance capacity. (01:25–01:37)
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