The US Senate has approved thetransfer of two Osprey-class minehunter coastal ships toIndia.
The two minehunter ships are Kingfisher (MHC-56) andCormorant (MHC-57). Both were decommissioned in 2007 and nowawaiting it’s to India.
Osprey-class coastal minehunters are designed to find,classify, and destroy moored and bottom naval mines from vitalwaterways. They use sonar and video systems, cable cutters anda mine detonating device that can be released and detonated byremote control.
