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Book Synopsis Military Mining by : Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain)
Download or read book Military Mining written by Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mines Away!: The Significance of US Army Air Forces Minelaying in World War II by : John S. Chilstrom
Download or read book Mines Away!: The Significance of US Army Air Forces Minelaying in World War II written by John S. Chilstrom and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In World War II's Pacific Theater, the U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) devoted a small percentage of its long-range capability to aerial minelaying against Japanese warships and commerce. Sea mines-- explosive underwater devices that damaged, sank, or deterred ships--were weapons that had difficulty gaining the same acceptance as guns, bombs, and torpedoes. Yet, with time, a small number of aerial mining advocates influenced wartime commanders to ensure the growth of minelaying doctrine, equipment development, and combat experience. Ultimately, aerial minelaying became one of the most successful AAF maritime missions of the war and signaled an important role in sea control for the future U.S. Air Force. Minelaying by the AAF had to overcome the absence of doctrine, serious questions of service autonomy, and preconceptions about naval and air force traditional roles. Though this initially unappreciated weapon gained considerable acceptance during the years of World War II, mines were not again dropped from aircraft in combat until the Vietnam War. During the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force gave little effort to its collateral maritime missions until concern grew over containing an expanding Soviet naval threat. Today, Air Force capabilities for aerial minelaying and other naval missions remain an important (though little appreciated) means for projecting long-range air power in support of "Global Reach--Global Power."
Book Synopsis Early Military Mining by : Bruce A. Hanesalo
Download or read book Early Military Mining written by Bruce A. Hanesalo and published by . This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Contributons to the Theory of Blasting, Or Military Mining by : Hans Höfer von Heimhalt
Download or read book Contributons to the Theory of Blasting, Or Military Mining written by Hans Höfer von Heimhalt and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Oceanography and Mine Warfare by : National Research Council
Download or read book Oceanography and Mine Warfare written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-03-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental information is important for successful planning and execution of naval operations. A thorough understanding of environmental variability greatly increases the likelihood of mission success. To ensure that naval forces have the most up-to-date capabilities, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has an extensive environmental research program. This research, to be of greatest use to the warfighter, needs to be directed towards assisting and solving battlefield problems. To increase research community understanding of the operational demands placed on naval operators and to facilitate discussion between these two groups, the National Research Council's (NRC) Ocean Studies Board (OSB), working with ONR and the Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy, convened five previous symposia on tactical oceanography. Oceanography and Mine Warfare examines the following issues: (1) how environmental data are used in current mine warfare doctrine, (2) current procedures for in situ collection of data, (3) the present capabilities of the Navy's oceanographic community to provide supporting information for mine warfare operations, and (4) the ability of oceanographic research and technology developments to enhance current mine warfare capabilities. This report primarily concentrates on the importance of oceanographic data for mine countermeasures.
Book Synopsis Naval Mine Warfare by : National Research Council
Download or read book Naval Mine Warfare written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-09-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea mines have been important in naval warfare throughout history and continue to be so today. They have caused major damage to naval forces, slowed or stopped naval actions and commercial shipping, and forced the alteration of strategic and tactical plans. The threat posed by sea mines continues, and is increasing, in today's world of inexpensive advanced electronics, nanotechnology, and multiple potential enemies, some of which are difficult to identify. This report assesses the Department of the Navy's capabilities for conducting naval mining and countermining sea operations.
Book Synopsis Operation End Sweep by : Edward J. Marolda
Download or read book Operation End Sweep written by Edward J. Marolda and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operation End Sweep: A History of Minesweeping Operations in North Vietnam was written in 1977 by staff members of Tensor Industries of Fairfax, Virginia. Tensor prepared this account under the terms of a contract with the Mine Warfare Project Office of the Naval Sea Systems Command which, in turn, responded to a requirement from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Since the study was a security-classified document, it originally saw limited circulation. Tensor's preface pointed out the importante of End Sweep. That operation represented the U.S. Navy's first major minesweeping campaign since the Navy faced the challenge, in 1950-1951, of clearing extensive enemy minefields laid at Wonsan, Korea. The helicopter mine countermeasures systems developed after the Navy's experience in Wonsan saw their first extensive use in End Sweep. Finally, Tensor's authors noted the special problems posed by the shallow depths of North Vietnam's coastal waters and the sensitivity of the mines involved. Ironically, the U.S. Navy originally laid the mines swept by American naval forces off North Vietnam. The Seventh Fleet's 1972 mine offensive severely hampered Hanoi's ability to import war supplies from abroad and was a factor in encouraging Hanoi to negotiate a peace accord with the United States. The mines posed an equal threat to seaborne commerce once America withdrew from Southeast Asia. It is not surprising, therefore, that in the talks leading up to the Paris cease-fire agreement of January 1973, Hanoi demanded that the United States enter into a separate diplomatic protocol in which America agreed to "render harmless" the mines we had laid in the waters of the Democratic Republic ofVietnam. Over the next six months, as the U.S. Mine Countermeasures Force accomplished this work, and American forces withdrew from Southeast Asia, Hanoi continued to wage war against South Vietnam. During that period the United States viewed the minesweeping operation as a means of attempting to influence North Vietnam's behavior. Dr. Edward J. Marolda, Head of the Naval Historical Center's Contemporary History Branch and a well-known historian of the naval war in Southeast Asia, skillfully revised this document for publication and composed an introduction that places these events in historical perspective. I also wish to acknowledge the major contributions made by Sandra J. Doyle, the Center's Senior Editor, in copy editing the study and overseeing its printing. Operation End Sweep describes a classic mine clearance campaign involving the deployment of men, ships, and specialized equipment halfway around the globe to complete a demanding and politically sensitive naval operation. Considering the continuing importance of mine warfare, the Navy's historians publish this account in the hope that it will be of special interest to today's naval professionals. Dean C. Allard Director of Naval History
Book Synopsis Contributons to the Theory of Blasting, Or Military Mining by : Hans Höfer von Heimhalt
Download or read book Contributons to the Theory of Blasting, Or Military Mining written by Hans Höfer von Heimhalt and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Treatise on Mines by : Isaac Landmann
Download or read book A Treatise on Mines written by Isaac Landmann and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Landmines in War and Peace by : Mike Croll
Download or read book Landmines in War and Peace written by Mike Croll and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land mines and their antecedents have been used on the battlefield from ancient times, through the world wars, to the modern conflicts in the developing world. Their use in the developing world caused tens of thousands of civilian casualties, and the resulting international outrage transformed rapidly into a highly effective global movement to ban land mines and a multi million dollar mine action business. This book describes how technology and military tactics defined land mine development and deployment, why they are such an effective weapon of war, and how an unlikely alliance of soldiers, peace activists, development workers and celebrities succeeded in banning the use of antipersonnel mines. Comparisons are made between the post WW2 clearance of around 100 million land mines in Europe and contemporary efforts to clear a similar number in the developing world. By 1947 Europe was largely mine free, yet after nearly 20 years and expenditure of $4 billion the land mine crisis in the developing world continues. The elusive search for the easy way to clear mines is described. Despite experiments with machines, airships, rats and explosive clearance methods, mine clearance remains a hazardous, labor-intensive task undertaken by teams of deminers using metal detectors and needle-like probes.
Book Synopsis Mine Warfare History and Technology by : U. S. Military
Download or read book Mine Warfare History and Technology written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-28 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book provides a comprehensive survey of the history of mine warfare from the earliest designs through World War I, II, and the Vietnam War, and modern technologies. The study of mine warfare is a relatively unknown subject outside the mine community. It has an interesting history and technology which tend to reinforce each other as time goes on and from which one can clearly see in hindsight how technology, and a very simple technology at that, has influenced tactics. All the U. S. mine development and technology for the last half century have been centered in the Naval Ordnance Laboratory at White Oak, Maryland, which has consistently devoted up to 20 percent of its effort to projects oriented toward mine warfare. There are a few publications on mine warfare in the open literature which have been consulted and in some cases heavily drawn upon in the preparation of this paper. These are listed in the bibliography in chronological order. INTRODUCTION * Importance of Mine Warfare * Deterrence and War * History of Mine Warfare Not Widely Known * Comment on Admiral Mahan's Views * Accomplishments of U.S. and Allied Mine Warfare in World I and World War II * EARLY MINES * What is a Mine? * Bushnell's Kegs, 1777 * Fulton's Ideas and Experiments, 1797 to 1815 * Colt's New Electric Hot Wire Initiator and The Moored Control Mine, 1842 to 1844 * The Civil War * Mobile Bay and Admiral Farragut, 1864 * The Hague Convention and The Ethical Use of Mines, 1907 * The Evolution of Explosives * Foreign Improvements In Mine Technology Up To World War I * THE EARLY 20TH-CENTURY MINE * The Mine Evolves Toward World War I * Russo-Japanese War, 1904 * Mining The Dardanelles, 1915 * The Dover Straits * The North Sea Barrage * Tactics and Technology * The K-Device * Logistics * Estimation of Minefields Threat * Sweeping Problems * Mines' Effect in WWI * MINES COME OF AGE * The Birth of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory and Its Early Struggles * The Magnetic Influence Ground Mine * The Birth of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory and Its Early Struggles * The Magnetic Influence Ground Mine * Degaussing, Leads To Induction Mines * The Total Field Mechanism * Mine Sweeping, "Cognizance," and Policy * United States Mine Development * Role of U. S. Submarine-Laid Mines in the Early Pacific War * The Plan For Long-Range Aerial Mining of Japan * Results of Operation Starvation * Summary of Mine Effectiveness in Two World Wars * Post WWII Errors - The Korean Surprise * The Mining of Haiphong Harbor Stops * New Mine Technology * Now What? * FOOTNOTES
Book Synopsis The Development of Mine Warfare by : Norman E. Youngblood
Download or read book The Development of Mine Warfare written by Norman E. Youngblood and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-06-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) coordinated the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction. As of mid-2005, 145 states had signed the agreement. The ICBL's efforts were in large part a response to the careless use of landmines in the previous fifty years. The history of mine use in warfare, however, goes back much further than the World Wars of the 20th century and includes both land and sea use. This first comprehensive study traces the technical, tactical, and ethical developments of mine warfare, from ancient times to the present. Beginning with mine warfare's roots in ancient Assyria and China, Youngblood takes the reader through the centuries of debate about how these hidden weapons should be used. A look at 19th-century developments explores the intertwined development of land and sea mines and the inventors behind them, including Robert Fulton, Samuel Colt, and Immanuel Nobel, father of Alfred Nobel. Subsequent chapters examine the use of mines in the American Civil War, the Russo-Japanese War, both World Wars, and the battlefields of the Cold War, and chart key battles and technical innovations, such as the development of air-delivered munitions. Finally, the author addresses the ethical concerns raised by the careless mining, namely the impact on civilians and the difficulties of de-mining, and the treaties that regulate landmine use.
Book Synopsis Rules for Military Mining by : School of Military Engineering (Chatham, Kent, England)
Download or read book Rules for Military Mining written by School of Military Engineering (Chatham, Kent, England) and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mine Warfare at Sea by : Howard s Levie
Download or read book Mine Warfare at Sea written by Howard s Levie and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes a study of the history of mine warfare at sea from the earliest days to the present time. It will be of interest to military lawyers and to all those concerned with the conduct and control of warfare. At the technical level, it is intended for laymen. While there is a chapter dealing with many technical matters relating to both mine warfare at sea and mine countermeasures, the sole purpose of that chapter is to give the non-technician, whether naval officer or civilian, a basic understanding of various categories of sea mines and their accessories and of mine countermeasure gear. It assumes that, like the author, the reader will have a minimum of electrical and mechanical knowledge. However, it is believed that after finishing this volume the reader will have a much better understanding of the part that mines have played in warfare at sea in past conflicts as well as the part they may be expected to play in any future conflict. "Howard S. Levie" is Professor Emeritus of Law at Saint Louis University School of Law, and Adjunct Professor of International Law at the U.S. Naval War College.
Book Synopsis Field fortification, military mining, and siege operations by : Dennis Hart Mahan
Download or read book Field fortification, military mining, and siege operations written by Dennis Hart Mahan and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Siege Operations And Military Mining, With An Appendix Giving The Principles Of Fortification Drawing by : Junius Brutus Wheeler
Download or read book Siege Operations And Military Mining, With An Appendix Giving The Principles Of Fortification Drawing written by Junius Brutus Wheeler and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Naval Mine Warfare by : National Research Council
Download or read book Naval Mine Warfare written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-10-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea mines have been important in naval warfare throughout history and continue to be so today. They have caused major damage to naval forces, slowed or stopped naval actions and commercial shipping, and forced the alteration of strategic and tactical plans. The threat posed by sea mines continues, and is increasing, in today's world of inexpensive advanced electronics, nanotechnology, and multiple potential enemies, some of which are difficult to identify. This report assesses the Department of the Navy's capabilities for conducting naval mining and countermining sea operations.