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minesweeping

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minesweeping [′mīn‚swēp·iŋ]
(ordnance)
Process of detecting and removing land mines or underwater mines.


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A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commander reportedly "informed the US Navy that Japan probably could not provide ships for surveillance and minesweeping unless Japan was directly attacked or the United Nations provided an appropriate mandate.
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