- The Record
- ad-10-mine-clearing
Pentagon needs ~6 months to clear Hormuz mines.
- Status
- Confirmed
- Date made
- April 19, 2026
- Resolved
- April 24, 2026
- Outcome
- A Pentagon assessment surfaced that week putting full mine clearance at ~six months; a 30-nation mission stood up at Northwood with clearance gated on a 'sustainable ceasefire' that did not exist. | AUDIT 2026-08-27 (adversarial public-evidence pass, CO): precision note: the ~6-month figure is a leaked/reported estimate from a classified HASC briefing (WaPo Apr 22 2026, three officials; DIA range 1–6 months) — not an official DoD position; the Pentagon publicly disputed it Apr 23 (Parnell: “an impossibility”).
- Desk
- Maritime · Analyst Desk
- Source
- Desk Issue #8
- Call ID
- ad-10-mine-clearing
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