Defense contractor Raytheon announced it conducted the first untethered, semi-autonomous tests of the Barracuda sea mine ...

For the third year in a row, the U.S. and partner nations, including Ukraine, have their eyes on the Black Sea’s future and ...

To strengthen airborne mine countermeasure capabilities, the US Navy has awarded a $10.5 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to BAE Systems. The contract, announced this week by the US ...

The Black Sea faces a long-term danger from naval mines in the Russia-Ukraine war. Ships have struck drifting mines in the last two years as Ukraine struggled to clear shipping routes. But even ...

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 ...

Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2, a mine countermeasure exercise focused on the Black Sea, started Monday in Portland, England, the ...

An Exail K-Ster C vehicle approaches a sea mine in this artist's rendering of the technology. (Exail image) MILAN — The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has placed a new order for underwater ...

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, ships in the Black Sea have faced a rising threat from mines. Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania -- the only three NATO ...

An untold number of mines have been laid in the Black Sea during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and clearing them is slow and challenging.

As sea mines of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) are highly classified items, the sea mine's detonation method and weight are unknown. However, it is known that these small sea mines can ...

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 ...