{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6aade2397aa361c612c3dd8d/6af147da7531c5cc70cbdba7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The U.S. Can Beat Iran’s Navy, So Why Can’t It Beat Naval Mines? (1/3)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6aade2397aa361c612c3dd8d/1794197448035-1706e82c-1ad6-4c9c-8598-770df2c97e72.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A few cheap mines held the world’s strongest navy at bay for six months. How?</p><p>This spring, Iran turned to one of the oldest tricks in naval warfare: mining the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. wiped out Iran’s navy in a single day, yet clearing the mines took half a year. In this episode, we trace the story of the naval mine, the ultimate weapon for the weak against the strong.</p><p>We’ll cover:</p><ul><li>Ming China’s “underwater thunder” and the first modern mines of the American Revolution</li><li>The Russian admiral who went down with his flagship in the Russo-Japanese War</li><li>How 200 Turkish mines sank three Allied battleships and cost Churchill his job</li><li>Operation Starvation, the mine blockade that nearly starved Japan into surrender</li><li>From Wonsan to the Persian Gulf, and how the U.S. finally cleared Hormuz</li></ul><p>Can a mine win a war? Tune in to find out.</p>","author_name":"shan liu"}