mine laying
Naval explosive deployment
Mine laying is the military operation of placing explosive mines in water or on land to damage or destroy enemy vessels, vehicles, or personnel.
Naval mine laying creates defensive barriers or offensive hazards in shipping lanes: The submarine was engaged in mine laying operations off the coast.
The term appears as both two words and the single word minelaying.
- defense strategyMethod for protection
- booby trapHidden device to harm
- trip wireConcealed activating filament
- offensive tacticsStrategies for initiating attacks
- automated systemsTechnology operating without human intervention
minefields · no man's land · war zone · danger zone · covert operations · amphibious assaults · perimeter security · naval blockades · bomb disposal units · metal detectors · sonar technology · sea lanes · guerrilla warfare · protective gear · naval warfare · explosive ordnance · depth charges
- Mine Warfareminefield, minefields, minelaying, minesweepers, minelayer
- sea voyagesvoyage, sea voyages, crossing, ocean voyages, sea voyage
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
- Pacific WarPearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, Midway, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
- submarine warfaresubmarine, submarines, torpedo, U-boat, sonar
- naval ordnancenaval guns, torpedoes, naval artillery, depth charges, cannon balls
mine layingmine sweeping
Detecting and removing mines
minesweeping · mine clearance · demining · mine countermeasures · mine detection
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