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Image: HMS Pursuer acting as enemy forces during BALTOPS 2024 against Belgian Minehunter Lobelia

Royal Navy trial smallest ships as a launchpad for mine hunting operations

Maritime July 4, 2024

The Royal Navy has successfully used its smallest warships as a launchpad for autonomous mine hunting operations for the first time. Seven P2000 patrol vessels of the Coastal Forces Squadron deployed on NATO’s annual Baltic exercise – known as Baltops 24 – during which 50 ships, dozens of aircraft and 9,000 ...

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