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Global Maritime EOD: Where we are and where were going Cdr Al Nekrews QGM RN CO Fleet Diving Squadron Royal Navy Scope: - RN Fleet Diving Squadron - UK Minewarfare Laydown - Maritime EOD where we are: . Conventional Threats .

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Global Maritime EOD: ‘Where we are and where we’re going’

Cdr Al Nekrews QGM RN CO Fleet Diving Squadron Royal Navy

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Scope:

  • RN Fleet Diving Squadron
  • UK Minewarfare Laydown
  • Maritime EOD ‘where we are’:

. Conventional Threats . State Actors . Technology

  • Maritime EOD ‘where we’re going’:

. Unconventional Threats . Non-State Actors . Threat evolution / migration . So What? . Multi-National Exercising:

  • Ex NORTHERN CHALLENGE

. Questions

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The Royal Navy’s Fleet Diving Squadron

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  • Military Aid to Civil Authority EOD
  • Maritime and Land EOD
  • CMD Tasks – 500+ per year
  • IED Disposal – 30+ per year
  • Diving Minutes – 30,000+ per year

Northern & Southern Diving Groups

UK Homeland Resilience / Support to Ships & Submarines

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  • Maritime Counter-Terrorism
  • Very Shallow Water (VSW) MCM
  • Mine Investigation & Exploitation
  • Global Maritime IED Disposal

Fleet Diving Group

Expeditionary MCM

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UK Mine Warfare Laydown

Fleet Diving Squadron’s Battlefield

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Global Maritime EOD: ‘Where we are…

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Where we are…

  • Conventional Threats
  • State Actors
  • Advanced Sonar Systems
  • Maritime Autonomous Systems
  • Mine Warfare?
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Global Maritime EOD: Where we’re going…

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Where we’re going…

  • Un-Conventional Threats
  • IED vs Mil-Grade (Mersad)
  • State & Non-State Actors
  • Hybrid Warfare ‘Little Blue Sailors’
  • Remote Technology (UAS, WBIED)
  • Migration threat from Land?
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So What?

  • Land vs Maritime Operator
  • Remote Technology
  • Protective Equipment
  • Through Barrier Detection
  • The enemy gets a vote!
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Exercise NORTHERN CHALLENGE

Multi-National Maritime IED Disposal Exercise

Lt Cdr Sean Heaton RN CO Southern Diving Group Royal Navy

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  • Ex NC 2018:
  • 300 Operators
  • 15 Countries (Italy, UK Iceland,

France, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, USA, Poland, Canada, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Finland)

  • UK (FDS) Exercise Commander
  • 31 IED Disposal Teams
  • ‘Bomb Making’ Training

Ex NORTHERN CHALLENGE NATO IED Disposal Exercise - Iceland

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Summary:

  • What is Maritime EOD
  • ‘In, On, Under, Near’
  • Not only an UW problem
  • Maritime EOD ‘where we are’:

. Conventional Threats . State Actors . Technology . Relatively well understood

  • Maritime EOD ‘where we’re going’:

. Unconventional Threats . Non-State Actors . Hybrid Warfare . Threat evolution/migration . So What? . Multi-National Exercising

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Questions?