Why the U.S. is ill-equipped to de-mine Strait of Hormuz

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published March 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM EDT

An investigation from the investigative news site Hunterbrook Media finds that the U.S. is ill-equipped to de-mine the Strait of Hormuz.

Blake Spendley, head of open source at Hunterbrook Media, joins host Peter O’Dowd for more.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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