mine countermeasures
Naval explosive neutralization
Mine countermeasures are methods and equipment used to detect, neutralize, or avoid naval mines.
The term covers everything from minesweeping ships that clear paths through mined waters to divers who disarm individual mines to sonar systems that locate them.
Often abbreviated MCM: The fleet deployed MCM vessels before the amphibious landing.
- degaussingNeutralizing residual magnetic fields
- minesweeperVessel clearing sea explosives
- EODWorkday cutoff acronym
- unexploded ordnanceMilitary ammunition that failed to detonate
- sonar systemsSound-wave underwater detection equipment
controlled detonation · frogman · underwater drones · metal detectors · ROV · neutralization · minefield · danger zone · emergency evacuation plans · infrared imaging · disposal · trawling · defuse · radar systems · naval · sweep · sonar · ordnance
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- Mine Warfaremine, naval mines, sea mines, magnetic mines, minefield
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