Minesweeper (redirect from Mine sweeper) designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear... 11 KB (1,179 words) - 13:21, 28 April 2024 |
Singer was a naval mine made and deployed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War. It was a manually laid moored contact mine. During the American... 3 KB (479 words) - 18:15, 7 April 2020 |
A limpet mine is a type of naval mine attached to a target by magnets. It is so named because of its superficial similarity to the shape of the limpet... 20 KB (2,350 words) - 00:54, 21 December 2023 |
A mine countermeasures vessel or MCMV is a type of naval ship designed for the location of and destruction of naval mines which combines the role of a... 5 KB (589 words) - 14:05, 17 February 2024 |
Huolongjing (section Land mines and naval mines) device the mines will explode, sending pieces of iron flying in all directions and shooting up flames towards the sky. For the use of naval mines, he wrote... 33 KB (4,516 words) - 00:46, 21 January 2024 |
ships and boats as well as the weapons used by British naval forces such as torpedoes and naval mines. BL 14-inch Mk VII BL 15-inch Mk I BL 16-inch Mk I BL... 13 KB (1,076 words) - 05:06, 24 April 2024 |
Moritz von Jacobi (section Naval mine) proponent of the metric system. In 1853, Jacobi developed the Jacobi naval mine. The mine was tied to the sea bottom by an anchor, a cable connected it to... 6 KB (632 words) - 10:33, 14 January 2024 |
A parachute mine is a naval mine dropped from an aircraft by parachute. They were mostly used in the Second World War by the Luftwaffe and initially by... 8 KB (950 words) - 00:57, 21 December 2023 |
submunitions, which often act as mines Land mine, explosive mines placed under or on the ground Naval mine, or sea mine, a mine at sea, either floating or on... 5 KB (689 words) - 02:14, 15 April 2024 |
Mark 60 CAPTOR (redirect from Captor mine) deep-water anti-submarine naval mine. It uses a Mark 46 torpedo contained in an aluminum shell that is anchored to the ocean floor. The mine can be placed by either... 5 KB (239 words) - 15:43, 19 November 2023 |
disable or destroy vehicles Minelaying, deployment of explosive mines at sea Naval mine, a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy ships... 766 bytes (105 words) - 05:12, 5 June 2021 |
Minesweeper (video game) (redirect from MineSweeper3D (game)) The game features a grid of clickable tiles, with hidden "mines" (depicted as naval mines in the original game) scattered throughout the board. The objective... 19 KB (1,935 words) - 00:06, 29 April 2024 |
Minelayer (redirect from Mine-laying) deploying explosive mines. Since World War I the term "minelayer" refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines. "Mine planting" was the... 11 KB (1,117 words) - 01:44, 27 April 2024 |
initially the torpedo and the naval mine, and later attack aircraft and the guided missile. The growing range of naval engagements led to the aircraft... 91 KB (11,339 words) - 16:17, 23 April 2024 |
List of Royal Navy losses in World War II (category World War II naval ships of the United Kingdom) including: 2 capital ships 1 carrier 12 cruisers 55 destroyers 7 submarines Mines caused the loss of 54 warships, including: 2 cruisers 26 destroyers 26 submarines... 48 KB (306 words) - 12:43, 6 April 2024 |
Minehunter (redirect from Mine hunter) minehunter is a naval vessel that seeks, detects, and destroys individual naval mines. Minesweepers, on the other hand, clear mined areas as a whole... 6 KB (615 words) - 09:02, 26 January 2024 |
Battle of Inchon (category Naval battles of the Korean War) Korean War, the Soviet Union had shipped naval mines to North Korea for use in coastal defense, with Soviet naval mine warfare experts providing technical... 63 KB (7,247 words) - 07:49, 31 March 2024 |
radars for air and missile defense Navy radar and sonar Torpedoes and naval mine countermeasures Key RMS capabilities include: Missiles and precision-guided... 6 KB (569 words) - 20:37, 22 April 2024 |
Torpedo (redirect from Torpedo (naval warfare)) self-propelled explosive, but historically, the term also applied to primitive naval mines and spar torpedoes. These were used on an ad hoc basis during the early... 101 KB (12,143 words) - 07:54, 2 May 2024 |
Stonefish is a naval influence mine manufactured by British defence company BAE Systems. It has been exported to friendly countries such as Australia,... 7 KB (816 words) - 21:19, 22 July 2022 |
The Mark XVII naval contact mine, triggered through contact with a ship, was the standard British contact naval mine during World War II. The Mark XVII... 6 KB (677 words) - 11:21, 4 October 2023 |
without the need for air bases on land. Aircraft may be used to conduct naval mine clearance, the aircraft tows a sled through the water but is itself at... 44 KB (5,402 words) - 22:33, 8 April 2024 |
target itself is moving in making contact. Naval mines Relevant design factors in naval mine fuzes are that the mine may be static or moving downward through... 26 KB (3,213 words) - 10:28, 16 April 2024 |