A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited...

designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear...

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...

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...

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...

The Naval Mine 2000 (Finnish: Merimiina 2000) is an advanced naval mine developed by Patria for the Finnish Navy. It has stealth and advanced target-recognition...

under Commander, Navy Region Southwest. Naval Base Point Loma consists of seven facilities: Submarine Base, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command (previously...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

including: Naval mine Warfare Test Station (NMWTS), Mine Warfare Experimental Station, and Naval Dispensary for the Training Base. The site of the Naval Amphibious...

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...

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minehunter is a naval vessel that seeks, detects, and destroys individual naval mines. Minesweepers, on the other hand, clear mined areas as a whole...

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...

disable or destroy vehicles Minelaying, deployment of explosive mines at sea Naval mine, a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy ships...

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...

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...

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...

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...

radars for air and missile defense Navy radar and sonar Torpedoes and naval mine countermeasures Key RMS capabilities include: Missiles and precision-guided...

of ASW. Common weapons for attacking submarines include torpedoes and naval mines, which can both be launched from an array of air, surface, and underwater...

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...

Stonefish is a naval influence mine manufactured by British defence company BAE Systems. It has been exported to friendly countries such as Australia,...

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...

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...

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...

vehicles to detect and destroy naval mines at a standoff distance. In the early 1980s, the U.S. Navy began development of a new mine countermeasures (MCM) force...