NS3 Test Bank: NS3-M1U6C3 - Mine Warfare

Front

Select the answer that corrects the statement. The 1907 Hague Convention required that floating mines deactivate after a period of time.

Back

The statement is correct.

Front

Complete the following characteristics of mines: ________: Glass tube - Inertia switch Influence: Magnetic - Acoustic - ________

Back

Contact; Pressure

Front

Degradation of mines due to exposure to elements such as saltwater, high temperatures, etc., that may render mines unable to explode, or more sensitive to disturbance and too easily exploded.

Back

Deterioration

Front

A naval mine set off by the vibrations of specific sounds, such as those made by a ship.

Back

Acoustic mine

Front

What are the three major types of mine countermeasures?

Back

Ship treatment against magnetic and acoustic mines, Minesweeping, and Mine hunting

Front

Why do mines incite a different sort of fear than other ordinary weapons?

Back

Mines bring a profound psychological effect.

Front

Autonomous underwater vehicle that can be programmed to search for mines

Back

AUV

Front

A weapon designed to remain inert until an object, generally the target, approaches close enough to trigger it

Back

Passive weapon

Front

What is the difference between the term "torpedoes" during the Civil War and the modern term "mines"?

Back

There is no difference. They refer to the same type of device.

Front

Why did Confederate mines fail to stop the Union naval forces at the battle of Mobile Bay?

Back

Saltwater deterioration rendered the mines inoperable.