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U.S., British naval exercises in Gulf aimed at protecting shipping through Straits of Hormuz ABU DHABI - Western navies have been exercising to operate in the shallow waters of the Gulf. The British and U.S. navies conducted a series of exercises in the Gulf in October. The exercises were meant to improve interoperability, hunt for mines and protect commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz. "Utilizing world-leading sonar and mine-disposal technology, the RN [Royal Navy] retains the capability to counter modern sea mines in the most challenging of environmental conditions," British Navy Cmdr. David Bence said. The exercises consisted of four British minesweepers and four U.S. Navy vessels, assigned to hunt for mines in the shallow waters of the Gulf. The British vessels were fitted with 2093 and 2193 sonars installed by Thales UK. "Widely acknowledged as one of the world leaders in MCM [mine counter-measures], the RN has both the capability and intent to conduct expeditionary MCM operations in support of wider maritime and defense objectives," Bence said. Sonar 2193 was identified as the most advanced hull-mounted wideband minehunting sonar. Sonar 2093 was described as a variable-depth multi-mode sonar. "With capabilities that complement each other, they provided a high probability of detection of sea mines - from shallow to deep water - in highly saline water with high ambient sea temperatures," Bence said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
