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Tanker Attacks Gulf of Oman

Oozlefinch said:
Just about any nation, or non-nation organization.

However, Iran has been known to have used limpet mines for decades. That was one of their favorite tactics in the Iran-Iraq War. And they are the only major nation-state which brags about this ability to the world, and shows off and brags about their newest generation of limpet mines.

We even had a case in 1980 where a conservation group used a limpet mine to sink a whaling vessel in Portugal. And the Argentines were going to use them against British ships during the Falklands War, but the plans were discovered and the operation scrubbed.

The Houthi have also used them against Saudi ships in their ongoing conflict with them in Yemen. And it should be mentioned that the Houthi are funded, trained, and supported by Iran.

Limpet mines are not terribly sophisticated, so it could be any number of state or non-state actors in the region. However, it should also be noted that most of the ones active in the area are also supported by Iran.
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Saudi Arabia's defense budget is 5 times Iran's.... it's going to take a lot more than some grainy footage of some guys in a Boghammar to convince me that it's the Iranians behind this.
 
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