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Home» News»Turkish MPA detects the 3rd sea mine off Turkey Coast in the Black Sea
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Floating sea mines pose a threat for the commercial shipping in the Black Sea.

Turkish MPA detects the 3rd sea mine off Turkey Coast in the Black Sea

A CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) of the Turkish Navy detected a mine-like object in Turkish waters of the Black Sea on the afternoon of 06 April and classified it as a sea mine.

Tayfun Ozberk 06 Apr 2022

Turkish Ministry of Defence announced the incident on Twitter, indicating that the Turkish Navy sent an underwater defense team to neutralize the sea mine.

Kefken açıklarında tespit edilen mayın benzeri cisim Deniz Karakol uçağımız tarafından mayın olarak teşhis edilmiştir.

Bölge emniyete alınmıştır. Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı SAS timleri tarafından mayına müdahale edilmektedir.

— T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) April 6, 2022

The drifting mine was detected off the coast of Kefken (~160 kilometers east of Istanbul) in the Black Sea. The estimated position of the mine is shown with a red circle on the map below.

The map is taken from Google Maps and edited by the author

The first mine was detected on March 26 in the anchorage area off the coast of Istanbul, and the second was found two days later near the Turkish-Bulgarian maritime border. This was the third mine discovered in Turkish waters in the Black Sea.

Romania had found a floating mine on March 28 and neutralized it with EODs. Four sea mines have been discovered so far since Russia’s March 18 NAVTEX release, which said there are about 420 floating mines in the Black Sea.

The Turkish Navy has deployed two Aydin-class MCM vessels (visually verified by Bosphorus Observer Yoruk Isik as TCG AKCAY (M-270) and TCG AKCAKOCA (M-268)), CASA CN-235M-100 maritime patrol aircraft, and Tuzla-class patrol boat TCG TEKIRDAG (P-1207) as a measure for the further incidents.

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Posted by : Tayfun Ozberk
Tayfun Ozberk is a former naval officer who is expert in Above Water Warfare especially in Littoral Waters. He has a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science. After serving the Turkish Navy for 16 years, he started writing articles for several media. Tayfun also offers analysis services on global naval strategies. He's based in Mersin, Turkey.

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