Editing Naval mine (section)

=== Shock effect ===
If the mine detonates at a distance from the ship, the change in water pressure causes the ship to resonate. This is frequently the most deadly type of explosion, if it is strong enough.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} The whole ship is dangerously shaken and everything on board is tossed around. Engines rip from their beds, cables from their holders, etc.{{clarify|date=March 2016}} A badly shaken ship usually sinks quickly, with hundreds, or even thousands{{Example needed|date=March 2016}} of small leaks all over the ship and no way to power the pumps. The crew fare no better, as the violent shaking tosses them around.<ref name=Reid1996>Department of Defence. Defence Science and Technology Organisation. Warren D. Reid, [http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a326738.pdf ''The Response of Surface Ships to Underwater Explosions''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316051208/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a326738.pdf |date=16 March 2022 }} DSTO-GD-0109, September 1996. Ship Structures and Materials Division, Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory. Retrieved 16 March 2009.</ref> This shaking is powerful enough to cause disabling injury to knees and other joints in the body, particularly if the affected person stands on surfaces connected directly to the hull (such as steel decks).

The resulting gas cavitation and [[shock-front]]-differential over the width of the human body is sufficient to stun or kill [[Frogman|divers]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Cudahy, E |author2=Parvin, S |name-list-style=amp |title=The Effects of Underwater Blast on Divers. |journal=US Naval Submarine Medical Research Lab Technical Report |volume=NSMRL-1218 |year=2001 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7518 |access-date=2009-03-22 |archive-date=3 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703203738/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7518 |url-status=dead }}</ref>