{"id":11143,"date":"2026-03-12T21:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/12\/the-us-navy-decommissioned-middle-east-minesweepers-last-year-heres-what-they-did-navy-times\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:49:09","slug":"the-us-navy-decommissioned-middle-east-minesweepers-last-year-heres-what-they-did-navy-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/12\/the-us-navy-decommissioned-middle-east-minesweepers-last-year-heres-what-they-did-navy-times\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Navy decommissioned Middle East minesweepers last year. Here\u2019s what they did. &#8211; Navy Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxPWEx0V2ZEZzBIZjQ5dGM5V2NsNlBXYXRDSVRaQnh6dFNXOWc1ZUwwYjhtZFg1X0RhVGJTQTZLRlNZRXdsd1hoNmhLSjltLWtJZkxhQmo3eG42Z3dFUGRxWFVrcnIycUFHWE5HOEtfV2ZUZWswWF92ZHpCdDhzVndnclNnQWxFQVl0c0VBVEcyRzV4S3ZjOVN3YW9PUGczYXdfZXhYaUVlcUstNFM4XzRlWEZoWk44cVBOaU14TnFEVkpnUXNVR1UtSVZrNkhPemM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The US Navy decommissioned Middle East minesweepers last year. Here\u2019s what they did.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Navy Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPMDRoLWMwMjEya0JsbWM5NzRCc0VkUWdvb2tLT3ZEOWtuaGl0Y0t6ajJlRlI1aUxVOWZVZFh4dGVQcWk2SHZPSnhYRTAydkktSFBEMjBnV205RHJqQVR3dUpFUzc1T3phVE9XOGpfWmhEZ0hXSFFkOFlIemdIMFo0WEVMaHg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran\u2019s Sea Mines Are One of Its Most Powerful Weapons<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFBCdXYwOGZzNUJHeXlNU2czY1pzbmI3OGQzUVlOWXlrOThzOWU3VkdWNzRBMzBvbkFrOWFwbXRIY0haSUZmREJVcUx6MmQ2TEw5cGFzWmJFRDBIWUVoSk41bFZwR1VSRjlmQU5zc1NPOXZEWnhybWxSWGVGUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A Dangerous Bottleneck<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiYkFVX3lxTE0yYXNTbWRJRFZWWFZNNWRxbXlqRk1KXzFhd3F2aW8xM00yQ0Zob2RJa3dYM0hzdUJyT3FfR0xEX1dtZ2pPUjdNd1g0X2o1ZGYxS2htQm9zLWFjZEtYVzBlZXl3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Hormuz Minefield<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Foreign Affairs<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNWUZtYWIyU2tOQ05kOU1OUzZRc0h0eVdpeEc4bkZtVFJtd2dBSm5paXN0TEM0alduUnYxMHc2Q0JWREhQRDhvWUk1ejFSQ0lBSWtwVUNrRU1DdXFYeURqemhGTTBLc1k5cThod0o2QVRLSjBYTG1RWnlGbTlkc3d1Qk1yTnk4SnlVMTZvVW84VUlBVEh2eW5uM1BvMi10X2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">What are sea mines? Why do they matter in the Strait of Hormuz?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">USA Today<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Navy decommissioned Middle East minesweepers last year. Here\u2019s what they did.&nbsp;&nbsp;Navy Times Iran\u2019s Sea Mines Are One of Its Most Powerful Weapons&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ A&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/12\/the-us-navy-decommissioned-middle-east-minesweepers-last-year-heres-what-they-did-navy-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}