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US planning to boost sea and land defences in Gulf as Iran war fears grow

The Pentagon has begun to take tangible steps to prepare for a possible conflict with Iran by making formal plans to boost US sea and land defences in the Persian Gulf, it has been claimed.

Iranian navy soldiers take part in a military exercise in the strait of Homruz in the Oman Sea US planning to boost sea and land defences as Iran fears grow

Iranian navy soldiers take part in a military exercise in the strait of Homruz in the Oman Sea: Gen James Mattis, the head of the US Central Command, has privately informed Congress of his intentions to place mine detection and clearing equipment in and around the Strait and to boost surveillance capabilities in the Gulf Photo: EPA

By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent

11:47AM GMT 25 Feb 2012

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