The rest of the article can be found reproduced in the JPRS / West Europe Report (15th June, 1983) linked below, pdf pages 7 - 14:
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA373042.pdf
A bit more of the history, in particular the post-Cold war part of it, can be found in the archived Forecast...
1970s
1980s
bundesmarine
cold war
fast mine warfare vessel
fastminesweeper
federal republic of germany
fleet and coastal minehunters (mhc)
frankenthal-class mhc
hamen-class fastminesweeper
mine warfare vessel
minelayer
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
schnelles minenkampfboot
schnelles minensuchboot
west germany
western europe
From DefenseImagery.mil, an artist's concept of the Bell Aerospace Textron Mine Sweeper Hunter (MSH). In Fiscal Year 1984, the US Navy embarked upon a program to construct 17 minesweeper hunters of some 470 tons displacement that utilized surface-effect-ship and glass-reinforced plastic hull...
1980s
bell aerospace
bell aerospace textron
cold war
fastminesweeper
mine warfare vessel
ses
surface effect ship
textron inc.
united states navy
us navy
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