K-Ster C/I

K-Ster is a family of lightweight underwater mine-disposal vehicles from Exail (formerly ECA Group). K-Ster I is a reusable inspection vehicle used to identify mines, while K-Ster C is an expendable "one-shot" vehicle: guided from a ship or from an unmanned surface vehicle, it approaches the mine and destroys it with a tiltable shaped charge that can be aimed from +90° to -90°, keeping minehunters and their crews out of the minefield. K-Ster C is 1.5 m long, weighs 50 kg, can operate down to 300 m with an endurance of 60 minutes, and is produced at Exail's plant in Belgium. Operators include the Belgian, Dutch, French, British, Lithuanian, Latvian, Singaporean, Emirati and Indonesian navies; Russia's Project 12700 minesweepers carry two K-Ster I and up to ten K-Ster C vehicles.