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DUBM 20

Country of Origin: France

The DUBM 20, the first French minehunting sonar, is a hull-mounted, active minehunting sonar used for CIRCE-class minehunters. It is also known as the TSM 2020.

Initial operational capability (IOC) in 1972. No longer in production or in service.

 Thales (formerly Thomson Marconi Sonar SS), Sophia Antipolis, France

The DUBM-20A upgrade began in 1984 and incorporated coherent processing, sweep-to-sweep integration, a performance indicator and a multi-image memory.

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