The minesweeper Fulda has set sail from the Kiel-Wik naval base on the Baltic Sea bound for the Mediterranean where it will initially be integrated into a  NATO mine counter measures group. Its highly specialized equipment for tracking down and destroying sea mines could lend significant support to anti-mining operations and should it come to an international operation in the Strait of Hormuz, the boat would be in a more convenient position. Since the start of the US-Israel  war with Iran on