Editing Naval mine (section)

== National arsenals ==
=== US mines ===
The [[United States Navy]] MK56 ASW mine (the oldest still in use by the United States) was developed in 1966. More advanced mines include the [[CAPTOR mine|MK60 CAPTOR]] (short for "encapsulated torpedo"), the MK62 and MK63 Quickstrike and the MK67 SLMM (Submarine Launched Mobile Mine). Today, most U.S. naval mines are delivered by aircraft.

<big>'''MK67 SLMM Submarine Launched Mobile Mine'''</big><br/>
The SLMM was developed by the United States as a submarine deployed mine for use in areas inaccessible for other mine deployment techniques or for covert mining of hostile environments. The SLMM is a shallow-water mine and is basically a modified [[Mark 37 torpedo]].

'''General characteristics'''

* Type: Submarine-laid bottom mine
* Detection System: <nowiki>Magnetic/seismic/pressure target detection devices (TDDs)</nowiki>
* Dimensions: {{convert|0.485|by|4.09|m|in|abbr=on}}
* Depth Range: Shallow water
* Weight: {{convert|754|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
* Explosives: {{convert|230|kg|lb|abbr=on}} high explosive
* Date Deployed: 1987

[[File:US Navy 040705-N-1050K-004 A MK 62 Quick Strike mine is deployed from the starboard wing of a P-3C Orion aircraft form the Grey Knights of Patrol Squadron Four Six (VP-46).jpg|thumb|MK 62 Quick Strike deployed from a [[Lockheed P-3 Orion|P-3 Orion]]]]
<big>'''MK65 Quickstrike'''</big><br/>
The Quickstrike<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comomag.navy.mil/Mine%20History/General%20Information.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107222633/http://www.comomag.navy.mil/Mine%20History/General%20Information.aspx |archive-date=2006-11-07 |title=General Mine Information |work=Mine History |publisher=Commander Mobile Mine Assembly Group, U.S. Navy |location=Corpus Christi, Texas |access-date=2011-12-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a family of shallow-water aircraft-laid mines used by the United States, primarily against surface craft. The MK65 is a {{cvt|2000|lb|kg|order=flip|adj=on}} dedicated, purpose-built mine. However, other Quickstrike versions (MK62, MK63, and MK64) are converted general-purpose bombs. These latter three mines are actually a single type of electronic [[fuze]] fitted to [[Mk82]], [[Mk83]] and [[Mk84]] air-dropped bombs. Because this latter type of Quickstrike fuze only takes up a small amount of storage space compared to a dedicated sea mine, the air-dropped bomb casings have dual purpose i.e. can be fitted with conventional contact fuzes and dropped on land targets, or have a Quickstrike fuze fitted which converts them into sea mines.

'''General characteristics'''

* Type: aircraft-laid bottom mine (with descent to water slowed by a parachute or other mechanism)
* Detection System: <nowiki>Magnetic/seismic/pressure target detection devices (TDDs)</nowiki>
* Dimensions: {{convert|0.74|by|3.25|m|in|abbr=on}}
* Depth Range: Shallow water
* Weight: {{convert|1086|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
* Explosives: Various loads
* Date Deployed: 1983

<big>'''MK56'''</big><br/>
'''General characteristics'''

* Type: Aircraft laid moored mine
* Detection System: Total field magnetic exploder
* Dimensions: {{convert|0.570|by|2.9|m|in|abbr=on}}{{cn|date=April 2024}}
* Depth Range: Moderate depths
* Weight: {{convert|909|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
* Explosives: {{convert|164|kg|lb|abbr=on}} HBX-3
* Date Deployed: 1966

=== Royal Navy ===
According to a statement made to the UK Parliament in 2002:<ref>{{cite web |title=Hansard Written Answers |date=4 November 2002 |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo021104/text/21104w16.htm |publisher=Publications.parliament.uk |access-date=5 September 2017 |archive-date=26 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026203549/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo021104/text/21104w16.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

<blockquote>...the Royal Navy does not have any mine stocks and has not had since 1992. Notwithstanding this, the United Kingdom retains the capability to lay mines and continues research into mine exploitation. Practice mines, used for exercises, continue to be laid in order to retain the necessary skills.</blockquote>

However, a British company ([[BAE Systems]]) does manufacture the [[Stonefish (mine)|Stonefish]] influence mine for export to friendly countries such as Australia, which has both war stock and training versions of Stonefish,<ref>[http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/collins/ SSK Collins Class (Type 471) Attack Submarine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418001801/http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/collins/ |date=18 April 2009 }}. Naval Technology. Retrieved on 2010-12-02.</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=June 2016}} in addition to stocks of smaller Italian MN103 Manta mines.<ref name="MN103-MANTA Sea Mines"/> The [[embedded computer system|computerised]] [[fuze]] on a Stonefish mine contains acoustic, [[magnetic]] and water [[pressure]] displacement target detection sensors. Stonefish can be deployed by fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, surface vessels and submarines. An optional kit is available to allow Stonefish to be air-dropped, comprising an [[aerodynamic]] tail-fin section and [[parachute]] pack to retard the weapon's descent. The operating depth of Stonefish ranges between 30 and 200 metres. The mine weighs 990 kilograms and contains a 600 kilogram aluminised [[Polymer bonded explosive|PBX]] explosive [[warhead]].