Australia is set to accelerate the procurement of sea mines as part of Project SEA 2000, a move foreshadowed in the 2020 Defence Strategic Update, according to the Australian Department of Defence.
On February 14, 2023, Turkish media outlets claimed that a drifting sea mine exploded near Agva on the Black Sea coast.
SH Defence, DA-Group and FORCIT Defence signed a MoU to develop the use of the CUBE for launching, laying and storing sea mines
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.
Coverage of UDT 2022 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Undersea Defence Technology (UDT)…
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
On March 28, Romanian and Italian Defence Ministers discussed the drifting mine threat detected in the Black Sea.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had a significant impact on the freedom of navigation in the Black Sea. A NAVTEX message from the Russian station of Novorossiysk revealed a new threat: floating sea mines…
The “Helt,” an Estonian-owned general cargo ship, is reported to have sunk after colliding with a sea mine off the coast of Odessa.
