8.12 Mine Warfare

Question 1

Final positions in water

Answer 1

Bottom
Moored
Drifting

Question 2

Methods of actuation

Answer 2

Contact
Controlled
Influence

Question 3

Delivery Platforms

Answer 3

Air
Surface Vessels
Submarines

Question 4

How to classify mines

Answer 4

Final position in water
Method of actuation
Delivery platform

Question 5

Types of Mining

Answer 5

Defensive
Protective
Offensive

Question 6

Advantages of Mining

Answer 6

Cheap
Element of surprise
Continuous (set and forget)
Psychological effect
Multiple delivery methods

Question 7

Disadvantages of Mining

Answer 7

Passive weapons
Depth restrictions
Dangerous removal

Question 8

Defensive Mining

Answer 8

Laid in neutral or friendly waters
Deny enemy access

Question 9

Protective Mining

Answer 9

Lay mines in own waters

Question 10

Offensive Mining

Answer 10

Adversarial/Enemy waters
Restricts movement of enemy ships/submarines

Question 11

Mine Countermeasures

Answer 11

Offensive: Destroy enemy’s abilities to make mines
Defensive: Mine hunting or mine sweeping

Question 12

MCM Assets

Answer 12

MCM1 Avenger
MH-53E Sea Dragon
EOD
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles(UUV)

Question 13

MTA

Answer 13

Mine Threat Area

Area in which a credible mine threat exists as a result of enemy mining

Question 14

MDA

Answer 14

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

Question 15

MEDAL

Answer 15

Mine Warfare Environmental Decision Aids Library

Question 16

Mine Warfare Environmental Decision Aids Library (MEDAL)

Answer 16

Provides a database that shows where we identified where mine threats are

Question 17

Q-Routes

Answer 17

Areas where mines have already been swept.
Plotted on VMS

Question 18

Passive MCM

Answer 18

General Precautions
Magnetic Mines
Pressure Mines
Drifting or Contact Mines
Acoustic/Seismic Mines
Group Transit Scenario

Question 19

General Precaution MCM methods

Answer 19

Avoid MDAS, and MTAs if possible

Question 20

Magnetic MCM methods

Answer 20

Deperming & Degaussing

Question 21

Pressure MCM methods

Answer 21

Reduce speed (
Remain in deep water if possivble

Question 22

Drifting or Contact MCM

Answer 22

Place lookouts
Avoid MDA/MTA

Question 23

Acoustic/Seismic MCM

Answer 23

Prairie/Masker Air
Quiet Ship Bill

Question 24

Group Transit Scenario MCM

Answer 24

Transit in formation
Use of UUV Kingfisher to lead the column

Question 25

Check Ranging

Answer 25

Caibration of ship’s degaussing system