minesweeper
noun
mine·sweep·er
ˈmīn-ˌswē-pər 
: a warship for removing or neutralizing mines by dragging
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Four dedicated minesweepers stationed there were decommissioned last year.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Japan sent minesweepers to the Persian Gulf in 1991, troops to Iraq in 2004, and a destroyer and patrol plane to the Gulf of Oman in 2020.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
The Navy decommissioned its last dedicated minesweepers in the Persian Gulf last September.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
Japan’s pacifist constitution wouldn’t bar the country from helping with mine clearance around the Strait of Hormuz at the conclusion of the war between the US, Israel and Iran, but Tokyo has no plans to deploy minesweepers to the region, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said.
—Alastair Gale, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Japan sent minesweepers to the Persian Gulf in 1991, troops to Iraq in 2004, and a destroyer and patrol plane to the Gulf of Oman in 2020.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
The Navy decommissioned its last dedicated minesweepers in the Persian Gulf last September.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
Japan’s pacifist constitution wouldn’t bar the country from helping with mine clearance around the Strait of Hormuz at the conclusion of the war between the US, Israel and Iran, but Tokyo has no plans to deploy minesweepers to the region, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said.
—Alastair Gale, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
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minesweeper
noun
mine·sweep·er
ˈmīn-ˌswē-pər
: a warship for removing or destroying mines
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