In focus: Royal Navy minesweeping capability restored - Navy Lookout

In focus: Royal Navy minesweeping capability restored - Navy Lookout

The RN has re-established a minesweeping capability for the first time in nearly two decades with the acceptance of three USV-based autonomous Combined Influence Sweep systems, developed and delivered under the Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) Block 1 programme. Old threat, new tools Traditional minesweeping relied on crewed vessels towing cutting gear designed to sever the […] The post In focus: Royal Navy minesweeping capability restored first ap…