Should We Fear Mine Warfare?

Abstract

Mines are weapons. Thanks to the improvements allowed by electronics they become more and more efficient and cost effective. On land as well as at sea, they would be widely used at theater level by all belligerents in all types of conflicts. Unfortunately improvements in mine countermeasures are more difficult to realize and to use on the field. The nations of the free world should increase their efforts do in the domain of those countermeasure systems, or they risk to be the first victims of the increasing advance taken by mines and mine delivery systems. The problem is as difficult as urgent. Keywords: Land mines, Underwater mines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209180

Entities

People

  • Gerard Gambiez

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Ammunition
  • Detection
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Land Mines
  • Mine Warfare
  • Minefields
  • Munitions
  • Naval Mines
  • Scatterable Mines
  • Shaped Charges
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics