Operations Billet Specialty

MINE AVOIDANCE

12/14/98


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MINE AVOIDANCE

Collateral Duty MIW Officer Lesson 72.29

REFERENCES

Overview

MIW Philosophy

Remember...

Mine Producers

MINE CONSUMERS

MINE TYPES CLASSIFICATION BY POSITION IN WATER BEFORE DETONATION

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BOTTOM

MINE TYPES CLASSIFICATION BY POSITION IN WATER BEFORE DETONATION

MOORED

MINE TYPES CLASSIFICATION BY POSITION IN WATER BEFORE DETONATION

DRIFTING

MINE TYPES CLASSIFICATION BY POSITION IN WATER BEFORE DETONATION

PROPELLED WARHEAD

MINE TYPES CLASSIFICATION BY POSITION IN WATER BEFORE DETONATION

VERY SHALLOW WATER

EMPLOYMENT TACTICS

EMPLOYMENT TACTICS

PURPOSE

EMPLOYMENT TACTICS

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

EMPLOYMENT TACTICS

FIELD CONSTRUCTION

EMPLOYMENT TACTICS

DELIVERY VEHICLE

MINING STRATEGIES

MINING STRATEGIES

FOUR TYPES OF FIELDS

FOUR TYPES OF FIELDS:

FIELD TYPES

SINGLE MINE

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CLUSTER

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MINE LINE

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VERTICAL CURTAINS

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IRAQI CAMPAIGN

SHIPBOARD SELF PROTECTIVE MEASURES

SHIPBOARD SELF PROTECTIVE MEASURES

TACTICAL MEASURES

TACTICAL MEASURES

MATERIAL MEASURES

VISUAL AIDS

SHIPBOARD ACTIONS

SHIPBOARD ACTIONS

SHIPBOARD ACTIONS

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DETECTION TO AVOIDANCE Single drifting mine encounter

SINGLE MINE ENCOUNTER

DETECTION TO AVOIDANCE MULTIPLE DRIFING MINE ENCOUNTER

MULTIPLE MINE ENCOUNTER

DETECTION TO AVOIDANCE APPROACHING BOTTOM/MOORED MINEFIELD

BOTTOM/MOORED MINE FIELD

HELO EFFECTIVENESS

HELO EMPLOYMENT

SHIPBOARD ACTIONS AT ANCHOR

Modern influence mines look for CHANGE in magnetic signature, not necessarily amplitude/strength!

DESTRUCTION PROCEDURES

We rarely destroy mines “the old fashioned way”-- machine gun fire usually renders the mine neutrally buoyant, so it sinks below the surface! Rarely is high order detonation/disarming achieved...

DESTRUCTION PROCEDURES

Organic Mine Countermeasures

SUMMARY

Author: LCDR STORM