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France's Gulf veteran minehunter patrols Channel

Just a stone's throw from the chalk cliffs of Dieppe in northern France, French Navy minehunter L'Aigle -- a veteran of the Gulf war -- scans the seabed with ultrasound for unexploded devices.

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France's Gulf veteran minehunter patrols Channel

Just a stone's throw from the chalk cliffs of Dieppe in northern France, French Navy minehunter L'Aigle -- a veteran of the Gulf war -- scans the seabed with ultrasound for unexploded devices.

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Unexploded Devices: France's Gulf Veteran Minehunter Patrols Channel

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Fishing for Naval Mines, a Valuable Know-How Maintained by France

Dieppe, 15 Apr 2026 (AFP) – The sonar of L-Aigle scrutinizes the bottom of the Channel a few blocks from the cliffs of Dieppe chalk, in Normandy: while the potential mining of the Strait of Ormuz worries, the Navy tirelessly hunts the mines near the French coast. On the black screen of the detection sonar installed [...] Read more The hunting of naval mines, a precious know-how maintained by France has appeared first on MARINE & OCÉANS.

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