{"id":337501,"date":"2026-04-24T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-mine-warfare-is-psychological-not-just-physical-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:00:44","slug":"why-mine-warfare-is-psychological-not-just-physical-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-mine-warfare-is-psychological-not-just-physical-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why mine warfare is psychological, not just physical | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6OkB6sii_eM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why mine warfare is psychological, not just physical | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6OkB6sii_eM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump has ordered his military to &quot;shoot and kill&quot; small Iranian boats that deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is accused of laying new sea mines in this vital global shipping route \u2014 but how dangerous are these weapons really? And how much does the threat of mines matter, even before any are confirmed? <\/p>\n<p>Former US Navy officer and mine warfare analyst Steven Wills explains what we know, what we don&#8217;t, and why mine warfare is as much psychological as it is physical.<\/p>\n<p>00:05 Fresh Iranian sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz?<br \/>\n00:45 US President Donald Trump orders to &quot;shoot and kill&quot; Iranian mine-laying boats<br \/>\n01:35 Former US Navy officer and mine warfare analyst Steven Wills<br \/>\n02:05 How do we know Iran has placed any mines in the key Gulf shipping route at all?<br \/>\n02:33 Types of mines and how they are triggered<br \/>\n04:17 The mine type that famously damaged the USS Princeton in Gulf War I<br \/>\n05:31 Can the US military really hamstring Tehran&#8217;s mine laying operations?<br \/>\n07:03 A six months closure of the strait in the cards?<br \/>\n08:04 The difference between mine sweeping and mine hunting<br \/>\n09:11 NATO&#8217;s mine warfare groups and WWII ordnance clearance<br \/>\n10:50 Trump downplaying the mine threat?<br \/>\n11:24 Psychology the &quot;wicked problem&quot; behind mine warfare<br \/>\n12:40 Mine counter measure technology<br \/>\n15:15 Iran&#8217;s &quot;mosquito fleet&quot; and other maritime tactic of the IRGC<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews #straitofhormuz #mines <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has ordered his military to &quot;shoot and kill&quot; small Iranian boats that deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is accused of laying new sea mines in this vital global shipping route \u2014 but how dangerous are these weapons really? And how much does the threat of mines matter, even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":337502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[129047,128815,129382],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-337501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-donald","tag-president","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why mine warfare is psychological, not just physical | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why mine warfare is psychological, not just physical | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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