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U.S. Military Says It Has Cleared Iran’s Mines From Strait of Hormuz Shipping Lanes

gCaptain Trade press Published 28th August 2026 United States

What the source reported

Source-reported

U.S. Central Command Commander Admiral Brad Cooper says U.S. forces have cleared sea mines laid by Iran from the internationally recognized shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz, offering new...

Publication
gCaptain · Trade Publication
Published
28th August 2026
Original report
gcaptain.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
United States
Organisations
None identified
Collected
28th August 2026 · 07:01

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (20.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity
Possibly the same underlying story as Strait of Hormuz cleared of Iranian mines: CentCom chief Admiral Cooper — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.