Australia has received and began training with it's first "Smart Sea Mines" according to Air Vice Marshall Leon Phillips, head of GWEO

Japan Marine United (JMU) has launched the fourth Awaji-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV) for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will purchase new, smart sea mines, which will reinvigorate Defence’s maritime mining capability, and are deployable from submarines, ships and aircraft.

Minesweeping, as opposed to mine hunting, is the only viable option against influence mines silently waiting in shallow waters. And minesweeping with advanced acoustic capabilities is critical for...

A senior engineer at the RAND Corporation wrote about the dangers of floating and drifting mines and how current navies are hard-pressed to counter them.

The Musca-class minesweeper of the Romanian Navy, Lieutenant Dimitrie Nicolescu (pennant number: 29), was damaged by a floating mine on 08 September 2022 in the Black Sea, northeast of the port of Constantza.

Turkey’s Meteksan announced that its MILSAR synthetic aperture and moving target indicator radar (SAR/MTI) successfully detected mines drifting in the Black Sea.

Fincantieri Marine Systems North America (FMSNA), a company specialized in marine systems, components and services which is part of the US subsidiary Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), was awarded the maintenance contract for the U.S. Navy’s “Avenger”-class minesweepers.

South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that "Namhae" (MSH-575), the fourth Yangyang-class minesweeper, was handed over to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy on 19 November.

The minesweeper Georgy Kurbatov has joined the Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet’s press office said. The flag-raising ceremony took place at the Baltic Fleet’s main base in Baltiysk.