mine clearance mission, the underwater vehicle and the connecting cable must therefore be replaced, with the corresponding financial cost.
DD 301 215 A7 discloses a method and an appliance system for destruction of mines by means of an unmanned underwater vehicle having an autonomous energy supply for transport of a mine destruction charge, in which case a control cable for controlling the underwater vehicle from onboard a vessel is used as the firing cable at the same time. The combined control and firing cable is galvanically or contactlessly, in particular inductively, coupled to a firing apparatus for the mine destruction charge. In order to place the mine destruction charge adjacent to the mine when a mine has been positively identified, and to move the underwater vehicle back to thecarrier platform before the explosive charge is fired, the connecting cable is subdivided into two length elements, corresponding to the radius of action. The first length element is accommodated on a separate cable spool, and is thrown away with the mine destruction charge. The return process is carried out by means of cable control via the second length element, which is accommodated on a second cable spool in the underwater vehicle.
The first and the second length elements of the combined control and firing cable for the known device are connected by means of a connecting element (for example a plug). After the explosion has been triggered via the connecting cable, in the case of the known device, the first length element of the combined control and firing cable