Showing posts with label Mine Warfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mine Warfare. Show all posts
Sunday, March 12, 2023

"Sea Mine Warfare"

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Korean War quote about Wonson: “The U.S. Navy has lost control of the seas in Korean waters to a nation without a Navy, using pre-World Wa...
Friday, February 02, 2018

Friday Film: Sea Mine Warfare (1968)

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

More UAVS: Mine Detection System

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The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research reports Navy Tests New Unmanned Mine-Detection System : During a recent technology demonstra...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

U.S. Counter- Mine Warfare: Getting a New Package to the Fleet

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Interesting USNI News report from Megan Eckstein Navy Finalizing Counter-Mine Package for Littoral Combat Ships : Northrup Grumman photo...
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Friday, November 18, 2016

Friday Double Feature Films: "Deploying Mines at Sea by Air" (WWII) and "Sea Mine Warfare" (1968)

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Mine Warfare, the most underrated warfare community. Here are a couple of films on the topic:
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Fun with Drones: Autonomous Undersea Vehicles Operating Cooperatively

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The Ocean News headline understates the import of the exercise in Iver3-AUV Plays Active Role in Unmanned Warrior (UW) 2016 *** Mult...
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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Fighting Sea Mines: Long Range AUV Endurance Run

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NRL photo A prototype Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) sets an endurance records that may help the U.S. Navy counter-sea mine operati...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

U.S. Navy's Asymmetric Payloads: "Mine and Undersea Warfare for the Future"

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An interesting free article from the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings, Mine and Undersea Warfare for the Future by Joshua J. Edwards ...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

One more hit for the Littoral Combat Ship - Assigned helicopters can't tow the minesweeping gear for LCS MIW ops

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Mine sweeping helicopters used by the U.S. Navy have been big honking MH-53E's with three engines and huge rotors.                  ...
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Friday, August 31, 2012

International Navies to Conduct Mine Countermeasures Exercise

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In the world of mine warfare that may involve a narrow but valuable strait that is part of major sea lane vital to economies around the wo...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

When the time comes . . . Mine Iran!

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When I was a young naval officer, the gloves finally came off in the protracted war against what was then North Vietnam and we loaded up on ...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Mine Sonar for Small Combatants

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TrailBlazer combines wideband transmission, high directivity, and an advanced operator interface to provide superior detection capability...
Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Seaborne terror mines from Hamas?

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Reported here : Palestinian militants said Tuesday they had launched a large number of floating explosives into the Mediterranean Sea to av...
Thursday, May 01, 2008

Port Security: Sea mines, UWIEDs and other threats

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The 2004 terrorist attack on the Philippine Superferry 14 resulted in the deaths of 116 people and the loss of the ship. In that case, the...