Time 👇for IN to re-focus on mine counter-measure capabilities. Our last MCM vessels were de-commissioned a few years ago, without replacement. Sea mines are cheap, easy to lay, and can block harbours & bottle-up fleets for weeks.
Time 👇for IN to re-focus on mine counter-measure capabilities. Our last MCM vessels were de-commissioned a few years ago, without replacement. Sea mines are cheap, easy to lay, and can block harbours & bottle-up fleets for weeks.
@arunp2810 Has any ship been damaged by a sea mine till date? @sudhirpillai__
“ These “weapons that wait” have long wielded their disproportionate impact. U.S. offensive mine warfare during Operation Starvation was a substantial factor in the Japanese defeat in World War II, sinking more than a million tons of shipping. The only five U.S. Navy vessels sunk in combat during the Korean War were lost to mines. Three U.S. warships were mission kills in the Arabian Gulf as a result of Iraqi or Iranian mines, and mines were one reason an amphibious assault was not included in the liberation of Kuwait. More recently, floating mines in the Black Sea have disrupted both naval operations and Ukrainian grain exports. These diabolical weapons have enormous potential to influence future conflicts.”
- World War I: The British battleship HMS Hampshire struck a German mine in 1916 and sank, resulting in the loss of Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War. - World War II: The USS Princeton, an American aircraft carrier, was lost to a Japanese mine in 1944. - Korean War: During this conflict, several ships were lost to mines, including both United Nations and North Korean vessels. - Gulf War: Iraqi mines damaged the USS Tripoli and USS Princeton in 1991.