Joint UK and US mine countermeasure excercise underway, IMCMEX 13 next
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The year’s first major mine warfare exercise in the Gulf is underway with six Royal Navy and two American ships taking part. Three of the UK’s four Gulf-based minehunters - HM Ships Quorn, Ramsey and Shoreham, their mother ship Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessel Cardigan Bay, and two Royal Navy frigates - Northumberland and Monmouth, have linked up with US forces for eight days.
The exercise enacted a scenario where a corridor of sea was swept for mines to make way for an importa...
