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 minewarfarevessel
fast minesweeper
federal republic of germany
fleet and coastal minehunters (mhc)
frankenthal-class mhc
hamen-class fast minesweeper
minewarfarevesselminelayer
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
schnelles minenkampfboot
schnelles minensuchboot
west germany
western europe
belgian navy
cold war ii
european defence fund
marine royale
marinecomponent
mine counter measures
minewarfarevessel
naval group
robotics
royal netherlands navy
usv
uuv
I have heard mention recently that the MCDVs may be next up for replacing
Now I have perhaps seen one or two mentions in the media of this but not much beyond that the Navy would like them to be capable of 25 knots.
And that's about it .
I don't suppose anyone else has come across anything...
There is a reference in Norman Friedman's "U.S. Amphibious Ships" to a canceled 225 ft. ocean minesweeper that was related to the singleton unit USS Carronade in terms of hull form. Aluminum hull construction would have made a great deal of sense as it was very obviously amagnetic and less...
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
fast minesweeper
minewarfarevessel
ses
surface effect ship
textron inc.
united states navy
us navy
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