To counter the serious threat of sea mines, NATO keeps two Mine Countermeasures Groups– one based in the Baltic Sea, the other in the Mediterranean - on standby at all times. The Turkish mine hunter TCG Akçay recently conducted a counter-mine exercise, ensuring its readiness to handle all taskings.Join Ben Cook, a former UK Royal Marines Commando on assignment for NATO with the Turkish minehunter TCG Akçay in the Sea of Marmara. Follow him as he dives with the Turkish Navy
to detonate a... Read more
To counter the serious threat of sea mines, NATO keeps two Mine Countermeasures Groups– one based in the Baltic Sea, the other in the Mediterranean - on standby at all times. The Turkish mine hunter TCG Akçay recently conducted a counter-mine exercise, ensuring its readiness to handle all taskings.Join Ben Cook, a former UK Royal Marines Commando on assignment for NATO with the Turkish minehunter TCG Akçay in the Sea of Marmara. Follow him as he dives with the Turkish Navy
to detonate a dummy mine.
