According to the Sunday Times, Britain is preparing to deploy a Royal Navy ship – retrofitted with mine hunting drones – to the Strait of Hormuz. It’s understood the vessel would, in effect, act as a “mothership” for equipment, housing specialist technology that could scan the seabed for threats, disarm mines and survey surrounding waters. The paper quotes a defence source as saying that a decision is still to be made on whether the vessel will be sent, but it gives ministers options.
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