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Italian Navy Divers Practice with Explosives

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

April 16, 2018

  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR) (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR) (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR) (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR) (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR) (Photo: EU NAVFOR)
  • (Photo: EU NAVFOR) (Photo: EU NAVFOR)

A team of Italian specialist Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) divers carried out mine-countermeasures training on Friday, April 13, to prepare for potential threats that may affect international shipping and delay essential sea cargoes.

As part of the training, the EOD divers from Italian Navy Frigate ITS Margottini put a floating ‘dummy’ mine into the sea and then carried out a controlled explosion.

ITS Margottini is currently deployed on counter-piracy operations as part of EU NAVFOR’s Op Atalanta. EU NAVFOR warships have been committed, since December 2008, to ensure the safety of World Food Program humanitarian aid vessels delivering aid to the Somali people and the free movement of trade within the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden.

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