The Landsort is permanently equipped for both minehunting and minesweeping. |
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Training opportunities are also grasped, from the routine business of minehunting to casualty-handling, salvage and firefighting. |
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The Osprey class ships are the world's largest glass-reinforced plastic ships and are the first US Navy ships designed solely for minehunting. |
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The ship structure is able to meet all minewarfare roles, including surveillance, minelaying, minehunting and minesweeping. |
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The two low magnetic field electric motors feature compensated stray fields and are each rated at 125kW for minehunting. |
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The system allows the management of all mine countermeasures activities, including mission planning, minehunting, mine disposal and post mission analysis. |
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Minehunting started during the Second World War, but it was only after the war that it became truly effective. |
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At the current state of the art, Minehunting remains the best way to deal with influence mines proving to be both safer and more effective than sweeping. |
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