The narrowness of the Strait of Hormuz makes the danger of sea mines more acute, as ships have less room to maneuver and greater odds of striking one of the weapons.
When you lay mines you also build a map of where you laid the mines. Likewise, they’ll almost assuredly mine in such a way as to strategically block the passage in such a way so that it favors their ability to control the passage. So yeah. They’ll almost assuredly only be mining the far side of the passage.
If the oil keeps flowing to China and SEA, I don’t see how Iran loses. The US is currently announcing they’ll be escorting ships through the straight, but exactly how, is very unclear.
When you lay mines you also build a map of where you laid the mines. Likewise, they’ll almost assuredly mine in such a way as to strategically block the passage in such a way so that it favors their ability to control the passage. So yeah. They’ll almost assuredly only be mining the far side of the passage.
If the oil keeps flowing to China and SEA, I don’t see how Iran loses. The US is currently announcing they’ll be escorting ships through the straight, but exactly how, is very unclear.
You might check this out: https://lemmy.world/post/44184651, its from the “whats going on with shipping” channel.