Never thought I'd see one of those there.
OK, so what is it? How 'laden' is this with explosives?
Will it explode and damage the pipelines?
Very short thread.
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OK, so what is it? How 'laden' is this with explosives?
Will it explode and damage the pipelines?
Very short thread.
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https://twitter.com/OsintTv/status/1579519968718499841
Well, this is a SeaFox mine clearance one shot underwater vehicle.
There are 2 variants, an 'I' round and a 'C' round. The I round is for inspection only and carries no explosives. It is a reusable vehicle used to identify before prosecuting a target with a C round.
There are 2 variants, an 'I' round and a 'C' round. The I round is for inspection only and carries no explosives. It is a reusable vehicle used to identify before prosecuting a target with a C round.
The C round is the one shot system. Slight differences to the I round, the main one being 'laden' with explosives. This comes as a 1.5kg high explosive shaped charge.
Initial thoughts from those images is that this is the C round, based purely on the colour. Clarification needed
Initial thoughts from those images is that this is the C round, based purely on the colour. Clarification needed
Will it detonate next to these pipelines? 2 parts to this answer, firstly if it did, what damage would it do? The orientation of the round is pretty much parallel, thus the shaped charge would not penetrate the concrete covering the pipeline let alone fracture the pipeline.
Can it detonate is the second part of this, simple answer - no.
There is no self detonation method. To detonate various waypoints have to be met. Loss of communications via the fibre optic link essentially stops the round.
There is no self detonation method. To detonate various waypoints have to be met. Loss of communications via the fibre optic link essentially stops the round.
It still leaves 1.5kg of high explosives on the seabed. There is always a risk with any explosives but the risk of detonation is extremely low that it isn't a consideration.
This SeaFox round was removed in 2015.
I wrote about one of the UK's minecountermeasures vessels that use SeaFox here.
I wrote about one of the UK's minecountermeasures vessels that use SeaFox here.
https://twitter.com/Smog_Engineer/status/1554174123605098496?t=oCxDINOtunHD42aF0JyAhg&s=19
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