Royal Navy Deploys £500M Autonomous ‘Adventure’ Minehunter To Detect And Destroy Naval Mines
Adventure is a 12-metre uncrewed surface vessel designed to carry out mine countermeasure operations without putting crew at risk.
Adventure is a 12-metre uncrewed surface vessel designed to carry out mine countermeasure operations without putting crew at risk.
The vessel is the flagship of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and was carrying around 3,500 sailors and Marines, along with aircraft.
The missile, described as a common hypersonic system, is designed to travel at extremely high speeds, reaching over 3,836 miles per hour.
The move would introduce a “controlled transit” system, where ship movements are coordinated with Iranian armed forces.
The fire broke out late on January 4 while the 199.9-metre vessel was docked at the Alabama State Docks on the Mobile River.
The Registry said the regulatory environment has changed and the industry now needs to go beyond checking vessels and cargo.
The crew are safe and all members have been accounted for. No pollution or environmental damage has been reported.
The vessel received its cargo from the Arc7 ice-class tanker Vladimir Rusanov near Russia’s Arctic port of Murmansk.
US officials said over 50 military targets were hit on the island. The strikes focused on defence sites and did not target oil export facilities.
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