Turkish Navy deploys Malaman sea mine during Exercise ‘Nusret 2025'
A Turkish-made Malaman sea bottom mine at the Turkish Exercise ‘Nusret 2025' in October. (Devrim Yaylali)
The Turkish Navy deployed the domestically developed Malaman sea bottom mine during its mine warfare Exercise ‘Nusret 2025' held in the Gulf of Saros from 24 to 31 October.
Developed by Koç Bilgi ve Savunma Teknolojileri AŞ, Malaman is intended to combine acoustic, magnetic, and pressure sensors with onboard processing to detect and classify contacts while reducing false triggers. It is designed with low-signature materials and seabed camouflage to try and complicate detection by sonar and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). The mine is 1.8 m long with a 533 mm diameter; weighs at least 600 kg; and has around 400 kg of plastic-bonded explosive warhead with acoustic, magnetic, and pressure fuzes. It can be deployed from ships or aircraft and is rated for shallow to medium depths up to around 100 m, making it suitable for area denial and training scenarios that test modern mine-countermeasures (MCM) procedures.
The exercise was directed by the Turkish Navy and supported by NATO Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) and other allied elements, bringing together more than 20 naval and air assets and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel from over seven countries.
The Turkish Navy contributed minehunters, a command-and-control ship, a frigate, corvettes, fast attack craft, patrol vessels, a helicopter, unmanned systems, and special operations teams. The Turkish Air Force provided F-16 fighters and a C-130 mine-laying aircraft, and the coast guard deployed patrol vessels. NATO participation included SNMCMG2 units ITS Thaon di Revel , ESPS Sella , ITS Crotone , HS Evropi , and TCG Akçakoca
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