Spastics: U.S. Navy, Allies Find Less Than Half the Sea Mines Planted in Key Exercise

A major international naval exercise last month in and around the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea, led by the U.S. Navy with more than 30 other nations participating, located fewer than half of the practice mines laid at sea.

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This outcome of the highly publicized military drills — not publicly known until now — underscores how difficult it may be for the United States and its partners to detect and incapacitate waterborne explosive devices that Iran has threatened to plant if its nuclear facilities come under attack.

Out of the 29 simulated mines that were dropped in the water, “I don’t think a great many were found,” retired Navy Capt. Robert O’Donnell, a former mine warfare director for his service, told the NewsHour. “It was probably around half or less.”

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/us-navy-allies-find-less-than-half-the-sea-mines-planted-in-key-exercise.html
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Spastics: U.S. Navy, Allies Find Less Than Half the Sea Mines Planted in Key Exercise

Spastics: U.S. Navy, Allies Find Less Than Half the Sea Mines Planted in Key Exercise

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