State of the art

Claus Böttcher shows the interactive map amucad.org, where locations of airborne sea mines from WW II are indicated.
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Claus Böttcher shows the interactive map amucad.org, where locations of airborne sea mines from WW II are indicated. Here: Sailing of the M/V HAITHABU to the former Baltic Sea explosives dumping ground "Kolberger Heide" off Schönberg (Plön County).

To locate Munitions in the Sea proven survey procedures, detection and charting methods are the second step of this large scope.

State of the art acoustical, optical, magnetic and chemical detection, increasing autonomy of sensor platforms and upcoming AI-based interpretation methods are enabling us for wide area survey and detailed assessments of artificial objects on the seafloor in near future.