Mine Warfare

Alan Washburn () and Moshe Kress ()
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Alan Washburn: Naval Postgraduate School
Moshe Kress: Naval Postgraduate School

Chapter Chapter 8 in Combat Modeling, 2009, pp 161-183 from Springer

Abstract: In 1950 during the Korean War, a minefieldminefield in WonsanWonsan harbor inspired the opening quote by Admiral Smith. That minefield delayed the planned landing by over a week, while 250 ships steamed back and forth outside the harbor. The US Navy lost four minesweepers in the process of clearing it, and several other ships were also sunk or damaged. Naval mines were first used effectively in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904, where they were decisive in spite of being primitive contact mines. With improved sensors, naval mines have been used effectively in every significant naval conflict since then (Hartmann, 1979). Most of the damage done to the US Navy since World War II has been due to mines (National Research Council, 2001).

Keywords: Road Segment; Navigation Channel; Poisson Random Variable; Navigation Error; Channel Centerline (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0790-5_8

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