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Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force Volume 7: Undersea Warfare (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix C: Mine Warfare and Mine Countermeasures - Current Status
Pages 93-97

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... The United States cannot be sure that it will have the MCM assistance of coalition forces as it did during the Persian Gulf War. The Navy's current MCM capability includes the following major systems: · MCS-12 mine countermeasures command, control, and support ship USS Inchon (LPH-12~.
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From page 94...
... The vehicle tends to be underpowered and may leave on the bottom a mine that looks like a mine to any subsequent sonar search and an explosive charge subject to later detonation under proper impact conditions. Although the MH-53E MCM helicopter has mine hunting capability, it does not yet include a neutralization component and the helicopters are not equipped with GPS receivers.
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From page 95...
... The Joint Countermine ACTD now in effect consists of concepts submitted by the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps and covers sea mines, very shallow water mines and obstacles in the surf zone and the craft landing zone, and inland land mines. The officially accepted Joint Countermine ACTD consists of 12 MCM concepts broken down into two phases for demonstration before the end of this decade.
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From page 96...
... a distributed explosive array net that contains shaped explosive charges at its nodes and is projected ahead of an LCAC to neutralize mines in the surf zone and the craft landing zone. · Joint amphibious mine countermeasures (JAMC)
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From page 97...
... The sensors consist of a toroidal volume search sonar, a side-looking sonar, a synthetic aperture sonar, and a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetic sensor.
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