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COASTAL DEFENCE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
CONT

Training for the maritime coastal defence task includes coastal surveillance and patrol, and mine countermeasures activities such as route survey (ocean floor mapping), mechanical minesweeping and seabed object inspections.

CONT

Also apparent during 1986 was an increased naval sensitivity to maritime coastal defence (i.e. surface surveillance, shallow water anti-submarine warfare, and mine countermeasures).

CONT

Designed for coastal defence in the shallow waters at the head of the Arabian Gulf, they will be built by Construction Mecaniques de Normandie (CMN) at Cherbourg to the Combattante I design.

Key term(s)
  • coastal defense
  • maritime coastal defense

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
CONT

La formation en vue de la défense côtière maritime porte sur la surveillance et la patrouille des côtes et sur les activités anti-mines telles que la cartographie des fonds marins, le dragage mécanique des mines et l'inspection d'objets présents au fond de la mer.

CONT

Pour remplacer ses patrouilleurs détruits pendant la Guerre du Golfe le Koweït vient de commander à DCN International huit patrouilleurs de 42 m du type Combattante I de défense côtière.

Spanish

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