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Submarines Taking the Lead in Future Mines, Accelerated Acquisition For New System

Thursday, October 24th, 2019

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Submarines Taking the Lead in Future Mines, Accelerated Acquisition For New System

A B-52 Stratofortress conducts an operational demonstration of the Quickstrike-ER Naval mine project in the Pacific Ocean on May 30, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy expects the submarine community to increasingly take the lead in offensive mine warfare going forward, a service official said here Tuesday. “The submarine community has not been very engaged in mining in the past; that is changing. They’re getting very interested,” Capt. Chris Merwin, Director for Mine Warfare at the Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), said at a National Defense Industrial Association event on Tuesday. Currently, the Navy’s offensive mine warfare is focused…

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