LMI-1 Porpoise

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The LMI-1 Porpoise is an uncrewed underwater mine clearance vehicle designed by Lyme and Martens Industries of the United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland to detect and subsequently destroy artificial submerged obstacles that might threaten shipping. The Porpoise is usually deployed from mine clearance ships like the Lake-class. Equipped with a Moray autonomous operation situation awareness module (AOSAM; UER.3 in United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland Defence Forces' service) and short-range forward and flank sonar arrays, the Porpoise uses synthetic aperture sonar technology to identify threats at distance as well as to avoid obstacles, whilst low-light-level and standard charge coupled devices (CCD) permit remote piloting in particularly hazardous environments. The Porpoise possesses four electrically-driven propulsors and two grasping arms that allow it to perform delicate manoeuvres such as placing explosive charges onto armed mines.

LMI-1

Functions: mine clearance vehicle
Service designation: DSMC.1
Dimensions: length: 2.6m; height: 1m
Mass: 685 kg
Payload: 2 × 45.4 kg explosive charges
Range: 50 km
Depth: 600m
Speed: 5-8 kts. maximum
Cost: $7.5 million, $5 million for Remote Command Station (RCS) and associated electronics.


Isselmere-Nieland Defence Industries
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Angrboda | Cormorant | Gargantua | Garuda | Pantagruel | Scimitar | Sea Fury | Sparrow | Spectre | Swordfish | Tiger
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Flamingo
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L15 LAV series | L21 HAV series | L25 Boar SPH | Lion | Mammoth OCV
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GWLS.35 | GWLS.58 | GWLS.60
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Ahab | Barracuda | Erne | Hurricane | Loon | Mako | Pelican | Sailfish | Triton | Vidofnir
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L117 | L118 | L119 | L120
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Albatross | Auk/Puffin | Canary | Clownfish | Cuttlefish | Dodo | Dolphin | Ferret | Horus | Hyena | Iguana | Jackal
Marmot | Mule | Parrot | Penguin | Pike | Porpoise | Rook | Seahorse | Squid | Tern | Thrush | Wyvern | Urchin
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Bullfinch | City (2003) | City (2007) | County (2003) | Crocodile | Europa | Flower (2005) | Furtive | Grand Duchy | King Henry V | King Robert VI
Kingdom (2005) | Lethe | Lord | Marquess | Province (2003) | River (2003) | Royal Edmund | Síanach | Town (2007) | Union | Wallace
Other Equipment:
AOSAM | ISOMS | KERI foam | MITRE | MUSE | NAIADS | ODIN | SELKIE | SPINTOP


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Firms: Detmerian Aerospace | Isselmere Motor Works | Lyme and Martens | Royal Ordnance | Royal Shipyards | Turing-Babbage | UPGO
Products: Isselmere-Nieland Defence Industries