A naval mine is a self-contained explosive weapon placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Similar to anti-personnel and other land mines, and unlike purpose launched naval depth charges, they are deposited and left to wait until, depending on their fuzing, they are triggered by the approach of or contact with any vessel.

2020年1月17日 · Barracuda provides a low-cost mine clearance capability in an A-size sonobuoy diameter form factor for near surface mine neutralization. Mission: Provide rapid reacquisition, identification,...

The Confederate Navy used mines, or torpedoes, as they were then called, quite extensively during the American Civil War, and sank approximately 27 Federal vessels and damaged many more. By comparison, only nine Federal vessels were sunk by gunfire.

2024年5月30日 · A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in the water deemed to destroy submarines and surface vessels. Mines are also used to deny the enemy access to areas and...

2021年10月8日 · The mission of the Navy Mining program is develop, procure, maintain and deploy a modern family of sea mines, optimized for potential future military encounters in support of U.S. operations ...

The U.S. naval sea mining vision is (1) to develop, procure, maintain, and deploy a modern family of sea mines optimized for potential future military encounters in littoral regions and (2) to develop a comprehensive understanding of U.S. adversaries’ sea mine designs in …

Mine warfare consists of: minelaying, the deployment of explosive naval mines at sea to sink enemy ships or to prevent their access to particular areas; minesweeping, the removal or detonation of naval mines; and degaussing, the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field in a ship's hull to prevent its detection by magnetic ...

2024年1月11日 · Most recently, Ukraine has used naval mines to help invasion of Odesa. Mines can help to negate the superior power of enemy fleets not only by directly damaging their ships, but by inducing them to avoid key waters or to engage in mine-countermeasures efforts that delay and disrupt their plans.

2020年3月10日 · The naval mine could be defined with elements that include an autonomous, semi-autonomous, sensor-controlled, or directly controlled seaborne device capable of defeating the adversary, providing means to overcome adversary influences, or collecting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

2021年10月7日 · The U.S. Navy’s existing and new mine capabilities could provide an additional layer of defense around strategic assets like naval bases, ports, or even surrounding temporary outposts or forces deployed on small islands like those that dot the Mediterranean or the Pacific.