Naval mine | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-05

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_mine


00:00:31 1 Description
00:03:06 2 History
00:03:15 2.1 Early use
00:05:24 2.2 19th century
00:11:14 2.3 Early 20th century
00:14:25 2.4 World War II
00:22:46 2.5 Cold War era
00:24:46 3 Types
00:25:03 3.1 Contact mines
00:27:18 3.1.1 Limpet mines
00:27:40 3.1.2 Moored contact mines
00:28:53 3.1.3 Drifting contact mines
00:30:21 3.2 Remotely controlled mines
00:31:47 3.3 Influence mines
00:35:59 3.3.1 Moored mines
00:37:19 3.3.2 Bottom mines
00:38:12 3.4 Unusual mines
00:38:28 3.4.1 Bouquet mine
00:38:53 3.4.2 Anti-sweep mine
00:39:36 3.4.3 Oscillating mine
00:39:55 3.4.4 Ascending mine
00:40:17 3.4.5 Homing mines
00:41:23 3.4.6 Mobile mine
00:42:20 3.4.7 Nuclear mine
00:42:56 3.4.8 Daisy-chained mine
00:43:46 3.4.9 Dummy mine
00:44:27 4 Mine laying
00:46:42 4.1 Aerial mining in World War II
00:46:52 4.1.1 Germany
00:47:50 4.1.2 Soviet Union
00:48:47 4.1.3 United Kingdom
00:49:54 4.1.4 United States
00:54:51 4.1.5 Clearing WWII aerial mines
00:56:52 5 Damage
00:57:39 5.1 Direct damage
00:58:28 5.2 Bubble jet effect
00:59:46 5.3 Shock effect
01:00:56 6 Countermeasures
01:02:16 6.1 Passive countermeasures
01:05:38 6.2 Active countermeasures
01:06:00 6.2.1 Mine sweeping
01:10:32 6.2.2 Mine hunting
01:12:42 6.2.3 Mine running
01:15:03 7 National arsenals
01:15:13 7.1 US mines
01:19:29 7.2 Royal Navy
01:21:07 8 Modern mine warfare challenges today
01:22:11 9 See also



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A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, any vessel. Naval mines can be used offensively, to hamper enemy shipping movements or lock vessels into a harbour; or defensively, to protect friendly vessels and create "safe" zones.