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minesweeper
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minesweeper

Small naval vessel for locating and destroying mines at sea. A typical minesweeper weighs about 725 tonnes, and is built of reinforced plastic (immune to magnetic and acoustic mines). Remote-controlled miniature submarines may be used to lay charges next to the mines and destroy them.

The operation was originally carried out by dragging some form of cable device through the water which would either catch the cables attaching the mines to their ‘sinkers’, pulling them, or break the cables, allowing the mines to float up. Once on the surface, the mines could be detonated safely by gunfire.



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