Patent ID: 6308633
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B63G,B63H,F42B

Abstract:
A method of destroying sea mines drifting in a body of water comprising the following steps;placing a buoyant body (12, 22) with a capture-and-destroy unit (11) into water;using the buoyant body (12, 22) to bring the capture-and-destroy unit (11) into the vicinity of the drifting sea mine (5);deploying a capture net (16) having a beginning (35) and an end (36) from a capture unit of the capture-and-destroy unit to surround the drifting sea mine (5), with the capture net (16) being oriented perpendicular to the sea mine (5);hauling the capture net (16) into the capture unit by winding the end (36) and the beginning (35) of the net into the capture unit (11.1), until the captured sea mine (5) rests against a destroyer unit (11)of the capture and destroy unit, andautomatically detonating a destructive charge (15) of the destroyer unit (11.2) to destroy the mine.