- Domain
- Sea
- NCF capability
- Maritime combat
- Military Balance category
- Mine warfare
- SIPRI category
- Ships
- Evidence that places a platform here
- mine.?(hunter|sweeper|counter|layer|warfare) · \bMCMV?\b · \bMH[CS]\b
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesLegacy only · 1United KingdomNoneAustraliaModern · 1FranceLegacy only · 1GermanyLegacy only · 2JapanLegacy only · 5South KoreaModern · 4CanadaNoneItalyLegacy only · 1IndiaNoneTürkiyeModern · 1Saudi ArabiaNoneBrazilLegacy only · 2IndonesiaModern · 3MexicoNone · 1ArgentinaLegacy only · 1South AfricaNoneRussiaModern and on order · 7ChinaLegacy only · 2IsraelLegacy only · 1UkraineLegacy only · 2TaiwanNoneIranLegacy only · 1North KoreaNone
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 0 of these 20, retirements for 0. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only mine warfare in colour.
United States Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship 4
Australia Huon-class minehunter 2
France Tripartite-class minehunter 8
Germany Frankenthal-class minehunter 10, Ensdorf-class minesweeper 2
Japan Sugashima-class minesweeper 6, Awaji-class minesweeper 4, Enoshima-class minesweeper 3
South Korea Ganggyeong-class minehunter 6, Yangyang-class minesweeper 6, Nampo-class minelayer 1
Italy Lerici-class minehunter 10
Türkiye A-class minehunters 6
Brazil River-class minesweeper 4, Aratu-class minesweeper 3
Indonesia Project 89 Kondor Minesweeper 1, Pulau Fani-class minehunter 1, Tripartite-class minehunter 1
Mexico Admirable-class minesweeper –
Argentina Murature-class patrol vessel 1
Russia Project 1265 Yakhont 17, Project 12700 Alexandrit 10, Project 10750 Sapfir 6
China Type 082-class minesweeper 26, Type 081 mine countermeasure vessel 14
Israel R boat 1
Ukraine GMZ-3 51, Shielder minelaying system –
Iran Shahin (Minesweeper) 1–1