Defeating Mines and Other Unmanned Maritime Threats
By Scott C. Truver & David Everhart
September 08, 2018
Forty-one. That is the number of times since the end of World War II that naval mines (unmanned maritime weapons that wait) have been the “weapons of choice†to attack warships and maritime commerce. Most recently, for several months beginning in February 2017 Houthi rebels planted mines and waterborne improvised explosive devices (WBIEDs) in the Red Sea, near the ports of Mokha, Midi and Al-Hudaydah.
Enemy mines caused significant numbers of U.S. ship losses and damage during crisis and conflict. Of the 19 U.S. Navy ships that have been seriously damaged or sunk by enemy action since September 1945, 15––nearly 80 percent––were mine victims.
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