Navy officials, though, said the drill was constructive and asserted that focusing on the number of mines detected alone would paint an incomplete picture.
Absolutely agree for all values of "not my ship". For values of "my ship" you had better find every one of them. Bet I could get sailors from the US Navy and 30 other nations to agree to that without any discussion/debate.
A question that's creating major disturbance in my head: the 16+ practice mines, out of the 29 dropped in this iteration of hide-and-seek -- do they constitute a hazzard to navigation? And a follow-up question: if a vessel is damaged by one of these hazzards to navigation, which government will Lloyds look to for reimbursement?
stay safe.
