EPISODE · Apr 2, 2026 · 19 MIN
Sea mines and the Strait of Hormuz: how they work and how we detect them
from WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
One of the concerns with the Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s ability to mine it. How do sea mines work? How do navies detect them? We’ll talk to an expert, John Femiani, Professor of Computer Science at Miami University in Ohio. His research focuses on computer vision and machine learning, including Navy-funded work on detecting naval mines from side-scan sonar imagery
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One of the concerns with the Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s ability to mine it. How do sea mines work? How do navies detect them? We’ll talk to an expert, John Femiani, Professor of Computer Science at Miami University in Ohio. His research focuses on computer vision and machine learning, including Navy-funded work on detecting naval mines from side-scan sonar imagery
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