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Ukraine Gets New Mine Countermeasures Vessels

The Maritime Executive 11 Dec 2023
Ever since it ended the Black Sea Grain Initiative earlier this year, Russia has been determined to cripple Ukraine’s grain exports, and one of its tactics has been to lay sea mines targeting commercial ships ... Measuring 52 meters, the vessels come equipped with two underwater remote-controlled mine-disposal vehicles.
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UK to provide Ukraine with navy ships

Russia Today 11 Dec 2023
Britain’s Ministry of Defense plans to hand over two mine countermeasure vessels as part of a new maritime coalition ... In April 2022, the Turkish Defense Ministry said it had to dispatch elite underwater defense (SAS) diving teams to an area off the coast of Türkiye’s Izmit Province after a floating mine was discovered.
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Saab announces Double Eagle sale to Kuwait

GDN Online 11 Dec 2023
... ROV system, used by navies around the world supporting mine countermeasure (MCM) missions.  ... In the SAROV configuration the vehicle can be used both as an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for detection, classification and identification, and as an ROV for mine disposal.
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Norway Underwater Mining

Beaumont Enterprise 05 Dec 2023
From left ... 5, 2023. (Terje Pedersen/NTB Scanpix via AP) ....
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Green Seas podcast: Will mining the seabed help or hurt the environment?

Tradewinds 05 Dec 2023
A podcast by TradeWinds · Will deepsea mining ... Is deepsea mining a threat to untouched underwater wilderness? Or is it a way to obtain the metals needed to make batteries to electrify industries with a lower impact than mining on land?.
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The flying, swimming and tunnelling robots inspired by nature

CyprusMail 04 Dec 2023
Aerial-aquatic flapping robots can both fly to reach secluded locations and dive to explore, for example, the underwater realm of volcanic lakes ... He reeled off examples of other potential uses for these robot helpers such as studying the health of coral reefs, taking specimens from marine organisms for DNA tests or analysing underwater sediments.
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Iran Develops Underwater Drone

Bahrain News 02 Dec 2023
The underwater vehicle can discover and terminate various underwater mines by c ....
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Gaps in coastal security were conveyed to state: Navy official

Hindustan Times 02 Dec 2023
When asked that the Indian Navy has no minesweepers, which help locate and destroy enemy mines underwater, Tripathi said that the Indian Navy and Ministry of defence are trying to get one and start the process and added that there were many reasons for the delay.
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Putin

The Daily Mail 30 Nov 2023
The dolphins are trained for use against enemy divers who invade harbours to plant limpet mines or for reconnaissance. The mammals have been taught to alert their human controllers - or deliver lethal strikes from underwater guns, a warfare programme that began in Soviet times ... 'It was armed with an underwater gun.'.
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NATO navies are worried about Russia using its unique weapons to pick a fight on ...

Business Insider 30 Nov 2023
An underwater mine is detonated during a NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia in September 2023 ... NATO responded by increasing aerial patrols and dispatching four mine-hunting ships to the region ... Underwater infrastructure is critical to modern life ... Protecting underwater infrastructure is no simple task, however.
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Kellsie McKeown: Save Cashes Ledge

Daily Hampshire Gazette 28 Nov 2023
How would you feel if the most significant underwater ...
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Think twice before blasting metal music to killer whales, experts warn

Metro UK 22 Nov 2023
Like the whales, sailors have also been sharing tips on how to avoid the ‘orca uprising’, and this includes blasting heavy metal at them using underwater speakers ... Sea traffic, underwater mining, building offshore wind farms and other human activities are all contributing to noise pollution beneath the waves.
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Orcas are sinking boats in a killer whale uprising, but bids to stop them could ...

Metro UK 21 Nov 2023
Like the whales, sailors have also been sharing tips on how to avoid the ‘orca uprising’, and this includes blasting heavy metal at them using underwater speakers ... Sea traffic, underwater mining, building offshore wind farms and other human activities are all contributing to noise pollution beneath the waves.
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Mines

SCNOW Morning News 21 Nov 2023
The proposed Salem SandHenry Tract mine would be owned by Blue Water Industries LLC, which operates other sand mines and quarries in Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia ... At the Salem site, sand will be mined using large pits dug into the earth ... Sand will be mined underwater using a hydraulic dredge.
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Blasts to clear World War II munitions could contaminate the ocean

Phys Dot Org 20 Nov 2023
World War II concluded decades ago, but live mines lurking on the ocean floor still pose threats, potentially spewing unexpected geysers or releasing contaminants into the water ... To test whether this is true, the team wanted to measure the explosive residues near underwater mines after controlled detonations of the two different intensities.

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