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. The cone-shaped devices can be ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Mines attached to the hulls of ships and set off with timers likely caused blasts that have damaged two crude oil tankers in the Mediterranean Sea since January, three sources close ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian oil tanker Eagle S anchores outside the Port of Kilpilahti (Photo is for illustrative purposes) (Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military released a video Friday it said showed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the ...

A limpet mine may have caused a blast that damaged a Greek tanker sailing off Libya's coast last week, the fifth such incident to hit commercial shipping in the region in recent months, maritime ...