Finding and disposing of underwater mines on the sea floor is one of the US Navy's hardest and most dangerous tasks. Robots could do the work safer.

The "Kovrovets" was launched 50 years ago The "Kovrovets" is a Russian naval minesweeper that was commissioned in 1974. It was intended for clearing navigable waters of mines using towed sweepers ...

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His announcement followed reports the army had taken out a Russian naval minesweeper on Sunday. The much more significant Cyclone, or Tsiklon, corvette – valued at approximately $34.3m (£27m ...

Russian Navy Shipbuilding Chief Vladimir Tryapichnikov earlier said that the Fleet expected to get 40 Project 12700 fiberglass minesweepers by 2030-2050. The capacities of the Sredne-Nevsky ...

On Sept. 8, 1987, the U.S. government presented Tokyo with four options for its contribution--dispatch SDF minesweepers; shoulder half of additional operating costs for the U.S. Navy (about $100 ...

The new vessel, JS Nomi, is the fourth countermeasures vessels in the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force's Awaji class, and a fifth and sixth have been costed. The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force ...