Mine Fleet Objectives

 

Exploratory Objective

      The exploratory objective of mine warfare determines if mines are present, and if so, their disposition, type and status.

 

Breakthrough Objective

      The breakthrough objective of mine warfare to open channels allowing for the access to allied shipping to enter and exit ports.

 

Attrition Objective

      The attrition objective of mine warfare is to keep the threat level as low as possible while mine sweeping and mine hunting when traffic must continue.

 

Clearance Objective

      To remove all mines from a designated area.  All shipping is stopped until mine hunting or mine sweeping is completed.

 

 

Offensive mine countermeasures involve the actions to reduce or destroy an enemy's ability to produce or lay mines, while defensive mine countermeasures involve the clearance of mines.

 

Mine hunting involves searching for individual mines and disposing of them, generally with an EOD team.  Mine sweeping involves the removal of large minefields.

 

 

 

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