Iranian officials have threatened to mine the waterway, which is a key shipping route for oil and gas. One way that Iran ...

Pentagon officials are trying to prepare for all of the ways Iran could retaliate, as President Trump hints at what he might ...

Last year, during a brief conflict between Israel and Iran, UK warplanes were reported to have helped shoot down incoming ...

The U.S. Navy defines a sea (naval) mine as "a self-contained explosive device placed in water deemed to destroy surface ships or submarines." These mines have played a role in U.S. naval history ...

Sailors assigned to a naval minesweeper flotilla of the PLA Navy deploy mine neutralization vehicle during a round-the-clock mine-countermeasures (MCM) training exercise. The exercise, which was ...

This forced the U.S. Navy to develop a dedicated class of ship to counteract enemy sea mines: the minesweeper (the ship, not the classic Microsoft game you can play in your Google Browser).

Russian Navy minesweeper of the Caspian Flotilla takes part in naval exercises at an undisclosed location, in this still image from a video released July 30, 2024. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout ...

Ukraine's Defence Forces destroyed the Kovrovets, a Project 266-M naval minesweeper belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, on the night of 18-19 May. For reference: A minesweeper is a ...

REAM NAVAL BASE, Cambodia -- When the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweepers JS Etajima and JS Bungo arrived at the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia on Saturday, it was the start of no ...

You can get in touch with Maya by emailing [email protected]. The Ukrainian Navy will receive a minesweeper, a small warship, donated by the Netherlands, but it isn't yet known when the ship ...