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Why Iran’s ‘mosquito fleet’ remains a potent threat in the Strait of Hormuz
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Smoke from an Israeli air strike rising in Tyre, Lebanon, on April 14. Iran had vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until there was a ceasefire in Lebanon.
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Neil MacFarquhar
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Iranian warships sunk by US and Israeli attacks litter naval harbours along the Persian Gulf coast, but what is sometimes called a “mosquito fleet” lurks in the shadows.
