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contact mine

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A mine detonated by physical contact. See also mine.


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Roberts almost sank, with potentially great loss of life, after striking a Soviet-designed World War I--era contact mine on 14 April 1987.
Roberts almost sank with potentially great loss of life after striking a Soviet-designed contact mine in April 1987.
Magnetic mines differed from the floating contact mines often seen in films.
 
 
 
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