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INSIGHTS

What we are learning about sea mines, how they get cleared today, and what it takes to build a low-cost vehicle in numbers.

28 Sep 2026Analysis
8 min read

Making mine warfare ship-agnostic

A container gets mine clearance equipment on board. What it takes for almost any ship to carry it without being changed.

9 Aug 2026Analysis
8 min read

It takes hours to lay a minefield. Why does it take weeks to clear one?

Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Baltic. Why clearing mines costs ten times more than laying them, and where the bottleneck really is.

Coming soonEngineering

Why fibre beats radio underwater

A drone underwater still has to talk to someone on the surface. There are only a few ways to do that, and most of them fall apart exactly where it matters.

DRAFT
Coming soonCompany

Why Denmark

Building an underwater defence company in Denmark, on the Baltic, next to the waters it is meant to protect.

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