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U.S. Navy Fact Sheet U.S. Navy Mines Description |
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| Point Of Contact Office of Corporate Communication (SEA 00D) Naval Sea Systems Command Washington, D.C. 20376 | ||
| General Characteristics, MK 65 Quickstrike | ||
| Primary Function: Destroy enemy shipping. The Quickstrike is a family of shallow water aircraft-laid mines used primarily against surface craft. The MK 65 isa 2,000 lb. mine. Other Quickstrike versions (MK 62, MK 63) are converted general purpose 500- and 1,000-pound bombs. | ||
| Date Deployed: 1983 | ||
| Length: 128 inches | ||
| Diameter: 29 inches across the fins | ||
| Weight: 2,390 pounds | ||
| Depth: Shallow water. | ||
| Guidance System: Magnetic/seismic/pressure target detection devices (TDDs) are used on various models. | ||
| Warhead: Aircraft laid bottom mine. | ||
| General Characteristics, MK 67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mine (SLMM) | ||
| Primary Function: Destroy enemy shipping. The SLMM was developed as a submarine-deployed mine for use in areas inacessible for other mine deployment techniques or for covert mining of hostile environments. The SLMM is a shallow-water mine consisting basically of a modified MK 37 torpedo. | ||
| Date Deployed: 1987. | ||
| Length: 161 inches. | ||
| Diameter: 19 inches. | ||
| Weight: 1,658 poiunds. | ||
| Depth: Shallow water. | ||
| Guidance System: Magnetic/seismic target detection devices (TDDs). | ||
| Warhead: 510 pounds of high explosive. | ||
| Type: Submarine laid bottom mine. | ||
| Last Update: 25 October 2012 | ||