Clearing mines is a slow, high-risk operation that involves finding and destroying them using specialised techniques.

The Unmanned Influence Sweeping System (UISS) will begin developmental testing in the next few months, with plans to place AQS-20 and AQS-24 sonar systems in a similar unmanned surface vehicle to ...

Improvised explosive devices, mines, and other kinds of roadside bombs are a major threat to U.S. troops serving overseas. That may be about to change, and not just because we're pulling out of ...

Ships in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Khasab in Oman’s Musandam Governorate, where the passage is now effectively closed to shipping. (EPA Images pic) Japan could consider deploying its military ...

The U.S. Navy recently conducted shock testing for its Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), a new minesweeping boat. The shock testing included the detonation of explosives in a pond at Aberdeen ...

A team from the Institute of Systems and Robotics at Portugal's University of Coimbra is developing a minesweeping robot to assist in the monumental task of clearing the millions of active land mines ...

We first heard the Navy was developing a minesweeping robot boat last year, but now it's closer to a reality. Dubbed the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), it'll accompany the Navy's new, ...

July 30 (UPI) --Bottlenose dolphins in the U.S. Navy's Marine Mammal Systems Program recently participated in mine clearance training during the Rim of the Pacific exercise. The dolphins, known as ...

Japan Could Consider Hormuz Minesweeping if Ceasefire Reached, Minister Says (Corrects hyperlinks in paragraphs 6-8, no change ⁠to ⁠text) TOKYO, March 22 (Reuters) - Japan could ⁠consider deploying ...

FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in ...