Minelayer (weapon system)

A minelayer, or mine launcher, was a weapon system mounted on a vehicle and used to lay mines. When fitted on spaceships (often ships dedicated to this role and dubbed minelayers), such systems deployed space mines.
==Description==
The minelayer was used to launch or drop a mine which could later be armed via a timer or remote control. Under certain pre-defined circumstances, often the proximity of an enemy, the mine would then automatically detonate, with the minelaying craft at a safe distance.
==Appearances==
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*Tyrant's Test 
==Sources==
*Cracken's Threat Dossier 
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*Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Incredible Cross-Sections
*Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
*Star Wars: Complete Vehicles
*"Slave 1" TechPlate
Category:Starship weaponry