Naval Warfare
Thales announces landmark step in joint France-UK mine hunting capability
Thales has completed the first operational configuration mission sets of the joint France-UK mine countermeasure capability being developed under the Maritime Mine Countermeasures programme.
In a 16 July release, the company stated that the trials took place off the French coast near Brest at the end of June and in ...
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