Mine warfare remains one of the most persistent and least resourced threats in the undersea domain, with Indo-Pacific chokepoints such as the Malacca, Taiwan, and Miyako Straits carrying an outsized share of global trade and making mine denial a live strategic question rather than a legacy one. Australia's challenge is compounded by geography and capacity, with a mine countermeasures force under acknowledged strain tasked with monitoring the world's third-largest marine jurisdiction. This session examines how autonomy is being positioned not as an enhancement to traditional MCM, but as the only credible route to persistent, scalable detection at the scale the region now demands. Drawing on the Royal Australian Navy's recent activation of its Maritime Autonomous Systems Unit, panellists will explore how platforms such as Ghost Shark, Bluebottle, and Speartooth are being adapted to reduce reliance on a workforce-constrained navy.