Iran and US
Clearing the mines under fire would come at great cost. You need to suppress the risk from fire before you can clear the mines,” said Prest, also an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. There would need to be a “bubble of security” to protect the mine countermeasures vessels doing their job, he explained. Such challenges are why navies are coming up with autonomous solutions, although many of them are not yet ready for operations.
