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Analysts, though, say autonomous minesweeping technologies remain untested and so far haven’t been produced in large quantities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The erosion also revealed a suspected bomb which, following a controlled explosion, was found to be a World War Two minesweeping marker.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2023

The company lost that competition and Lake then tried refitting the boat for minesweeping, salvage and rescue work, renaming it the Defender.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

Max has now been redeployed as a minesweeping dog after being taught to understand commands in Ukrainian, the paper reported.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2022

Then I realize this is a rudimentary attempt at minesweeping.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins