Study to Understand the Effects of Biofouling and Corrosion on Underwater Munitions: Implications for Risk Management and Resource Allocation

Authors

Center for International Stabilization and Recovery
Fenix Insight

Document Type

Article

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Publication Date

2-19-2025

Keywords

CISR, Fenix Insight, Underwater, Munitions, Explosives, Aging, Corrosion, Ordnance, UXO

Abstract

The project's primary objective is to understand the impacts of the underwater environment on munitions as a means to identify the residual risk these munitions pose, so people undertaking detection and clearance efforts can reliably assess operational risk and make informed decisions.