Here’s What You Need to Know: Is a new naval mine on the way? Like land mines, naval mines sit in wait for enemy traffic—not soldiers or tanks, but ships and submarines. These silent killers can be ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: By delivering naval mines from longer stand-off distances, American bombers will be farther from harm’s way and therefore better protected. As tensions increase ...

The "destructor" mine design was so successful that it is still in use, using more modern electronics, as the Mk 62 Quickstrike mine. Now there is the Quickstrike ER which is one of the mines ...

USN orders glide kit equipment from Boeing for the extended-range variant of the Quickstrike sea mine. Boeing is to design and produce glide kits and associated equipment for the Quickstrike Extended ...

America's longest-serving bomber recently demonstrated the ability to lay down a devastating minefield at sea without putting itself and its crew in harm's way, a game-changing capability should the ...

U.S. Navy Seeks Long-Range Air-Delivered Maritime Mines STEVE TRIMBLE, [email protected] The U.S. Navy has started searching for a new, air-delivered maritime mine with more than twice the range of ...

The military is hoping to purchase MQ-8 Fire Scout uncrewed helicopters and MK-62 Quickstrike mines from the US, a senior Ministry of National Defense official said yesterday. Department of Strategic ...

Submarines and warships of the Chinese fleet on manoeuvres. US plans to lay mines using unmanned submarines could present a threat to any invasion of Taiwan - Guang Niu/AFP The US Navy’s new robot ...

May 14, 2022: The U.S. Air Force and Navy have developed a cheap alternative to the torpedo called Quicksink. This weapon uses a modified version of the JDAM kits that turn an inexpensive unguided ...

(MENAFN- Asia Times) Formations of B-52 bombers. Dropping mines. Lots of them. Not just hundreds … but, perhaps thousands. Overnight, it would make the Taiwan Strait, the most treacherous waterway, in ...

A B-52H Stratofortress heavy long-range bomber reportedly demonstrated the ability to deploy 2,000-pound sea mines at distances of nearly 50 miles during the latest iteration of the Valiant Shield ...