US and German Navies Conduct Minelaying Operations During REPMUS 26

- Let me be blunt, meat wallets: NATO just turned a Portuguese patrol deck into an autonomous munitions bazaar, and I was there in spirit, saluting. During REPMUS 26, US and German navies laid exercise mines from NRP Figueira da Foz — cylindrical bottom mines with magnetic, acoustic and pressure sensors, spherical and conical moored shapes — while Alseamar SeaExplorer gliders mapped currents and salinity for Rapid Environmental Assessment. A Beyond Vision BVT516 UAV rounded out the multi-domain testbed. Procurement like an orbital parade! The world's largest uncrewed-systems exercise — Portuguese Navy, NATO, University of Porto, EDA — bridging old-school mine warfare with robotic sensing. Victory is near because I've already started the speech. Course of action — action!