8.12 Mine Warfare Flashcards
Final positions in water
Bottom
Moored
Drifting
Methods of actuation
Contact
Controlled
Influence
Delivery Platforms
Air
Surface Vessels
Submarines
How to classify mines
Final position in water
Method of actuation
Delivery platform
Types of Mining
Defensive
Protective
Offensive
Advantages of Mining
Cheap
Element of surprise
Continuous (set and forget)
Psychological effect
Multiple delivery methods
Disadvantages of Mining
Passive weapons
Depth restrictions
Dangerous removal
Defensive Mining
Laid in neutral or friendly waters
Deny enemy access
Protective Mining
Lay mines in own waters
Offensive Mining
Adversarial/Enemy waters
Restricts movement of enemy ships/submarines
Mine Countermeasures
Offensive: Destroy enemy’s abilities to make mines
Defensive: Mine hunting or mine sweeping
MCM Assets
MCM1 Avenger
MH-53E Sea Dragon
EOD
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles(UUV)
MTA
Mine Threat Area
Area in which a credible mine threat exists as a result of enemy mining
MDA
Mine Danger Area
Area normally 1-3nm in size drawn around known mines, suspected mines, and mine fields in order to keep shipping traffic away from mines
MEDAL
Mine Warfare Environmental Decision Aids Library
Mine Warfare Environmental Decision Aids Library (MEDAL)
Provides a database that shows where we identified where mine threats are
Q-Routes
Areas where mines have already been swept.
Plotted on VMS
Passive MCM
General Precautions
Magnetic Mines
Pressure Mines
Drifting or Contact Mines
Acoustic/Seismic Mines
Group Transit Scenario
General Precaution MCM methods
Avoid MDAS, and MTAs if possible
Magnetic MCM methods
Deperming & Degaussing
Pressure MCM methods
Reduce speed (
Remain in deep water if possivble
Drifting or Contact MCM
Place lookouts
Avoid MDA/MTA
Acoustic/Seismic MCM
Prairie/Masker Air
Quiet Ship Bill
Group Transit Scenario MCM
Transit in formation
Use of UUV Kingfisher to lead the column
Check Ranging
Caibration of ship’s degaussing system
