September 2, 2020
How the U.S. Navy Plans to Find and Destroy Enemy Sea Mines
The expanding number and types of enemy mines are a real threat.
by Kris Osborn
Sea mines are deadly. They explode on impact or from sensors buried beneath underneath the ocean floor. They can also be used in both shallow and deep water passageways to deny or complicate access to vital areas. In fact, sea mines are increasingly available to militaries around the world.
The presence of sea mines and fast proliferation among hostile countries continues to push the U.S. navy’s ongoing effort to craft modern mine warfare plans and engineer drones able to find and detonate them before they can hit manned vessels.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-us-navy-plans-find-and-destroy-enemy-sea-mines-168206
