One of the nastiest threats in naval warfare are mines. Crude, cheap and packed with explosives, bottom mines lurk on the seabed like aquatic IEDs, where they are harder to detect and sweep than ...

Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry Maria Eagle said: “This delivery marks a significant milestone in our mine-hunting capabilities and the autonomous technology will keep Britain and our ...

Finding and disposing of mines lurking on the sea floor is dangerous and difficult work. The US Navy wants robotic crawlers capable of descending to nearly 2,000 feet underwater to do this. The ...

The Royal Navy is planning to gradually phase out conventional crewed mine hunting ships over the next five years as more un-crewed ships become available. Successful trials took place for RMNB ...

The maritime experts added: “It is highly unlikely that naval mines would be placed whilst the vessel was alongside in port given the risks involved, but there are opportunities enroute to/from ...

Designed to execute the full range of MCM operations, the vessel systems will facilitate the scanning, detection, classification, and neutralisation of underwater mines with unmatched precision and ...

The mined fields date back three decades when the Argentina-Chile conflict The Chilean Navy celebrated this week the destruction of the 200th antipersonnel mine in the extreme south Horno Island ...

Underwater divers, possibly using small vessels to approach the huge ships, are suspected of using limpet mines, which attach magnetically to their targets. Some of the tankers are believed to be ...

WASHINGTON — Gridlock continues in Southeast D.C. more than two weeks after thousands of federal workers returned to the office in Navy Yard. Frustrated federal employees say traffic along 11th ...