China’s PLA considers to use minelaying underwater drones to enforce Taiwan blockade

According to reports, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) could use large underwater drones to lay mines to blockade the “First Island Chain” should tensions over Taiwan escalate. Suggested in a Chinese military magazine, Shipborne Weapons, the strategy would likely Read More …

EOD Mobile Unit 12, Royal Canadian Navy Strengthen Partnership in Halifax

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – U.S. Navy technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit TWELVE (EODMU-12) and divers from the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic completed a joint Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) focused on strengthening Allied undersea Read More …

US military starts removing mines from Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. military has launched operations to begin de-mining the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said on Saturday. Centcom said in a social media post highlighted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that two Navy guided-missile destroyers began “setting Read More …

UN: Sea mines clearance, a new dimension of difficulty

It is still not clear whether mines, which can sink vessels of all types if activated, have been deployed in the Strait of Hormuz, as part of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Most shipping has not been able Read More …

Türkiye, Romania, Bulgaria launch action against Black Sea mines

Commanders of naval forces from Bulgaria and Romania came together on Monday at a meeting hosted by Turkish naval forces. The meeting marked the formal launch of demining work in the Black Sea by the three countries amid the danger Read More …