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The Russian naval corvette had just left the safety of Sevastopol Bay one morning last fall when an explosion ripped a hole in its hull. As tugs pulled the ship back to port on Sept. 14, Russian state news agencies Read More …
The Royal Australian Navy has laid sea mines for the first time in nearly 50 years during Exercise Dugong. The mine warfare and clearance diving activity, from March 4-22, was designed to test a combined force from Australia, New Zealand Read More …
A Royal Navy bomb disposal team has been deployed after the discovery of a large mine off the Cornish coast. St Austell Coastguard was called to reports of a large metal buoy off Porthlean at around 1:15pm on Monday 11 Read More …
A potentially hazardous situation unfolded today near Varna’s “Kabakum” beach as a floating mine was discovered in the sea. The Navy swiftly mobilized a mine countermeasures vessel to the scene to address the threat. Authorities took immediate action to ensure Read More …
In response to the escalating tension with China, Australia has enhanced its naval capabilities, receiving its first batch of advanced sea mines. This news was delivered by Air Vice Marshal Leon Phillips, the head of the Guided Weapons and Explosive Read More …
A World War Two mine capable of holding between 500 and 1,000kg of high explosive has been pulled up by the nets of a Cornish fishing vessel. The drama took place in Looe on Thursday 11 January. The device was Read More …
In a two-step process on Dec. 14, the MSDF vessel cleared a mine from World War II. “We managed to dispose of it without fail,” said Lt. Cmdr. Akira Ito of the 43rd Mine Warfare Force. It was the first Read More …
A sea mine that washed ashore near the town of Prymorske in Odesa Oblast after recent storms was disabled by counter-mine units from Ukraine’s navy, according to an announcement by the navy’s official Facebook page on Dec. 4. Hundreds of Read More …
In the town of Chornomorsk, Odesa region, military sappers have successfully neutralized a sea mine that washed ashore earlier. The sea mine was discovered in the Chornomosrk Bay on Friday, October 20. Due to a strong storm, the initial controlled Read More …
Bulgaria, Türkiye and Romania will soon organize mine search and clearing operations in the Black Sea, Bulgarian Defense Minister Todor Tagarev said Friday. “Some very small details need to be concretized before the operation begins. This operation will increase the Read More …
A team of highly specialized divers from CFB Esquimalt is travelling to South Korea for a training mission. The clearance divers with Fleet Diving Unit Pacific find and dispose of underwater mines. “I don’t think a lot of people realize Read More …
The crew onboard the Togo-flagged general cargo ship Seama were evacuated Monday morning with the help of the Romanian Agency for Saving Human Life at Sea. The Romanian Agency for Saving Human Life at Sea (ARSVOM) reported today that it Read More …
The Romanian and US navies are organising Sea Breeze 23.3, a multinational exercise that will take place from 11 to 15 September in the Black Sea and Danube Delta. Military personnel from Bulgaria, France, the United Kingdom, Türkiye and Ukraine Read More …
A sea mine exploded in the Black Sea near Romania’s seaside resort village of Costinesti, local media reported Monday. The blast, which occurred near a pier of a hotel, caused no casualties, said the state-run Agerpres news agency. Later in Read More …
Ukrainian troops have been on exercises in the Scottish Highlands learning how to disarm and defuse Russian bombs, booby traps and mines. Royal Navy divers and experts have been training their Ukrainian counterparts on finding and neutralising explosive devices in Read More …
Royal Navy divers are supporting Nato security efforts to recover unexploded mines and torpedoes in the Baltic Sea during Exercise Open Spirit. Specialists from the UK are taking part in a multinational explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) exercise hosted by Latvia, Read More …
In the Second World War, narrow sea areas such as fjords and straits suffered the most from mine warfare. Many Norwegian fjords were mined in the war and these old mines still cause danger for shipping and other human activities Read More …
A group of men were injured and killed following a mine explosion on a beach in Zatoka, Odessa region Ukraine. Video footage of the mine explosion in Ukraine was shared on Twitter: “There was a video of a mine explosion Read More …
Romania’s military carried out late on Sunday a controlled explosion of a naval mine that had drifted close to the country’s Black Sea shore, the defense ministry said. Mines began floating in the Black Sea after Russia invaded Ukraine on Read More …
A floating anti-ship mine was washed ashore in Odesa region, the press service of the Ukrainian Navy has said. “The defense forces found another floating anti-ship mine in the Black Sea near the shore in Odesa region. The dangerous discovery Read More …