A low-cost but very effective capability is making a comeback among navies worldwide.
Mobilize rapid protection and control of sea lines of communication and deny enemy access to strategic ports and coastlines.
The Cube™ Mine laying and Mine storage system provides an effective method for storing and transporting mines on land or sea. Loading from quayside to vessel or vessel to vessel is also fast.
The Cube™ Mine laying system consists of a 20ft ISO- seized mine launching module and one or more storage modules capable of handling most known brands and types of sea mines. The system allows sea mines to be deployed individually or in tactical patterns with recorded locations for future retrieval or deactivation.
The Cube™ Mine laying system is semi- or fully automatic. In the past, manual and often unsafe handling and deployment of sea mines could now be replaced with safe handling in high sea states with a minimum crew requirement. The complete system can be operated by a single crewmember if the doctrine/CONOPS of the individual Navy allows this.
With a modular mine laying and mine storage approach, costly rebuilding or even the building of new vessels/platforms can be avoided. With The Cube™ system, a Navy can turn any vessel of opportunity into effective mine layers in days or even a few hours.
The Cube™ Mine laying system solves a wide range of practical and safety challenges, such as logistics, manpower, and safe handling at sea. For platforms prepared for Cube™ modular components, the Cube Sea state skidding system provides an option to store mine laying and mine storage modules in the vessel’s hangar or mission bay and quickly mobilize them when needed.
SH Defence provides the design and production of custom-made equipment and Cube™ System modules for naval forces and coast guards worldwide. It enables rapid mission assignment and interchangeability between platforms, made possible with plug-and-play mission modules and a full support eco-system, including handling and simple connectivity to put these into operation.
Cube™ Mine Laying modules on an OPV
Cube™ Mine laying Launcher
Cube™ Mine laying Storage
Cube™ Mine laying System – Combination of launcher and storage
Cube™ Mine laying System – Combination of launcher and storage
