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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

US minesweepers carry out exercises in Persian Gulf

[USS Enterprise (CVN 65)]The US military recently deployed four new minesweepers in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, adding to at least 80 US warships currently based in the region, a Press TV correspondent reported.

The new US minesweepers are supplied with radio control equipment to detect and destroy underwater mines.

The latest report comes a few weeks after the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entered the Persian Gulf along with guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78), USS Nitze (DDG-94), USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) and USS Vicksburg (CG-69). The warships joined the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

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