Here’s what we know about limpet mines. A limpet mine is a type of naval mine that is usually manually placed by a swimmer, diver or frogman on the underside of a ship’s hull. Named for a type ...

The limpet mine used on a Japanese-owned oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz “bears a striking resemblance” to other Iranian mines, U.S. Navy officials said Wednesday. Cmdr. Sean Kido of the U ...

Reporting from FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates — The limpet mines used to attack a Japanese-owned oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz last week bore “a striking resemblance” to similar mines ...

Sailors stand on deck above a hole the U.S. Navy says was made by a limpet mine on the damaged Panama ... in Vietnam and contrived weapons-of-mass-destruction scam in Iraq. In both cases, the ...

A tanker in a Russian port hit by three explosions is suspected to have been damaged by “limpet mines,” according to maritime expert. Ambrey Intelligence said the incident which struck the ...

“The limpet mine that was used in the attack is distinguishable and also strikingly bearing a resemblance to Iranian mines that have already been publicly displayed in Iranian military parades ...

The location of the blasts on the vessels' hulls, the type of blast and other evidence suggest limpet mines, said the sources who had knowledge of the matter but who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Within the next month or two we were on a war footing and my father had been engaged in the design of a limpet mine, a new form of weapon for sinking ships. This had been dreamed up in conjunction ...

Limpet mines, which appear to be the cause of damage to at least one tanker attacked in Gulf of Oman last week, are classic maritime weapons dating back to World War II. This device was presented ...