Editing Naval mine (section)

=== Post Cold War ===
During the [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq]]i naval mines severely damaged {{USS|Princeton|CG-59|6}} and {{USS|Tripoli|LPH-10|6}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg59.html |title=USS ''Princeton'' (CG 59) |publisher=Unofficial US Navy Site |first=Thoralf |last=Doehring |access-date=2011-12-31 |archive-date=30 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430025644/http://navysite.de/cg/cg59.html |url-status=live }}</ref> When the war concluded, eight countries conducted clearance operations.<ref name="Gilbert, p.8"/>

Houthi forces in the [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|Yemeni Civil War]] have made frequent use of naval mines, laying over 150 in the Red Sea throughout the conflict.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/03/houthis-increase-use-of-suicide-drone-boats-in-recent-weeks.php|title=Houthis increase use of suicide drone boats in recent weeks &#124; FDD's Long War Journal|date=11 March 2020|access-date=12 March 2020|archive-date=24 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324142002/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/03/houthis-increase-use-of-suicide-drone-boats-in-recent-weeks.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the first month of the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Ukraine accused Russia of deliberately employing drifting mines in the Black Sea area. Around the same time, Turkish and Romanian military diving teams were involved in defusing operations, when stray mines were spotted near the coasts of these countries. [[London P&I Club]] issued a warning to freight ships in the area, advising them to "maintain lookouts for mines and pay careful attention to local navigation warnings".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saul |first=Jonathan |date=2022-03-30 |title=Ukraine says Russia planting mines in Black Sea as shipping perils grow |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-planting-mines-black-sea-shipping-perils-grow-2022-03-30/ |access-date=2022-04-08 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408191718/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-planting-mines-black-sea-shipping-perils-grow-2022-03-30/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ukrainian forces have mined "from the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea which banks the critical city of Odesa."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-05 |title=Here's what makes sea mines Russia's biggest challenge in Ukraine's Mariupol port |language=en |work=India Today |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/russia-ukraine-war-mariupol-port-sea-mines-azov-sea-1945555-2022-05-05 |access-date=2022-05-18 |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518061835/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/russia-ukraine-war-mariupol-port-sea-mines-azov-sea-1945555-2022-05-05 |url-status=live }}</ref>