Navy's expeditionary warfare office putting focus on offensive mining

By Justin Doubleday / June 10, 2016 at 4:08 PM
The Navy's expeditionary warfare office is pushing resources toward the oft-ignored area of offensive mining, including sponsoring such efforts under one of the service's largest programs of record. The Naval Expeditionary Warfare Division (N95) within the chief of naval operations' office is the primary resource sponsor for "mine warfare" according to Title 10, the U.S. code that lays out the responsibilities of the military departments, a Navy spokesman told Inside the Navy. "The fleet demand for maritime mining capability is...

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