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bottom mine

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A mine with negative buoyancy which remains on the seabed. Also called ground mine. See also mine.


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Four hours later, the Aegis guided-missile cruiser Princeton was almost broken in half by an Italian-made Manta bottom mine in approximately sixty- five feet of water.
It was designed for the French Navy to replace the mine-clearance diver in the dangerous roles of identifying and destroying moored and bottom mines with the first system, the Mk 2 or Pap 102, which entered service in 1975.
One in particular is that of Mine Countermeasure (MCM) ships, a vessel designed to find, classify and destroy moored and bottom mines.
 
 
 
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