I disageee. The minesweepers are crucial to the ability of the Taiwanese Navy to exit its ports to o on a mission and return after patrols. Minesweepers Offshore (MSO) are essential to detect, sweep and neutralize moored and bottom mines. There are many new minehunting and minesweeping technologies and systems for use on minesweepers. Many of the mine countermeasures systems are stowed elsewhere on the ship. The divers are necessary for direct inspection on mine like and non-mine like objects on the bottom. Everything on a minesweeper is optimized for a low magnetic signature, the size and propulsion of the minesweeper reduces its pressure and acoustic signatures. The two large whit objects on the after deck on the portside are common to nearly all minesweepers. The biggest item keeps the sweep wire afloat while the smaller makes the acoustic signature of a vessel that the enemy’s mine is waiting for. Many new MCM devices can be added to the minesweeper’s “tool box”.
