How marine drones have become essential in the fight against sea mines
The western part of the Black Sea is threatened by sea mines. Hundreds of devices are a hazard to the coastal and maritime activities of NATO countries such as Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Sea drones could be the solution to eliminate the risk experts say.
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00:00The SeaFox underwater drones on the Romanian Minehunter, the newest ship in the Romanian military fleet, have been successfully tested in the deep.
00:11The unmanned remote-controlled underwater equipment can destroy sea mines remotely without endangering crews.
00:30The drone is a more exact cable, which is about 1500 meters, which is guided by the air, so that it is permanently connected to the nav.
00:39After the deployment of the drone, the drone is going to be in the air, and after this action, the next step is used to use another drone,
00:54of the type Charlie, combat, i.e. neutralization,
00:59which we send effectively to the vicinity of the object
01:04which we have already identified as a mine,
01:07following that in their contact or near contact,
01:10this drone, which is already explosive on its surface,
01:15will be detonated, will be auto-destructed.
01:18150 sea mines have been discovered floating adrift in the Black Sea
01:22since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine,
01:25six of them in Romanian territorial waters,
01:27and the danger remains constant.
01:30Atât Ucraina a executat minare defensivă,
01:33cât și Federația Rusă a executat minare ofensivă,
01:37așadar numărul minelor care se pot desprinde,
01:41bineînțeles, nu-l cunoaște exactitate,
01:43dar cu siguranță pot fi mine care pot ajunge în derivă
01:49și implicit riscul devine din ce în ce mai mare,
01:54și este din ce în ce mai mare,
01:56dar și noi suntem în o alertă maximă
01:58și suntem gata de luptă și de executarea oricărei misiuni.
02:02The Mindhunter is the first of two
02:04bought from the United Kingdom for 150 million euros.
02:08The capabilities on board are now an important part of the group
02:11for maintaining the safety of maritime traffic in the Black Sea
02:14alongside the Turkish and Bulgarian naval forces.
02:18Nava face parte din grupul de luptă împotriva minelor marine,
02:22iar echipajul este mereu gata de acțiune.
02:25MCM Black Sea a fost constituit tocmai împotriva acestui pericol
02:30care a apărut în Marea Neagră odată cu războiul din Ucraina,
02:34iar pe lângă antrenamentele care au loc în comun cu Bulgarii și Turci,
02:40pot apărea oricând situații reale în care membrii vor lucra împreună.
02:45Dacă primim indicii că ar fi o pericolă în zona noastră de responsabilitate,
02:51suntem pregătiți și ca să plecăm în timpul cel mai scurt.
02:55The Mindhunter is the only combat ship acquired by the Romanian Army
02:59for the naval forces in the last decades.
03:02The Supreme Council of National Defense
03:04recently approved the purchase of a modern light corvette.
03:07It would be the first ship in the Romanian military fleet in the last 40 years.
