http://defensetech.org/2006/08/23/mines-anyone/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2006/08/23/mines-anyone/#comment-141358 EXHELODRVR Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:59:53 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3239#comment-141358 Great that mine warfare is getting more attention; I am concerned about the lack of emphasis being paid to ASW, with the potential ramifications vis-a-vis China. Great that mine warfare is getting more attention; I am concerned about the lack of emphasis being paid to ASW, with the potential ramifications vis-a-vis China.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2006/08/23/mines-anyone/#comment-51123 Moose Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:46:51 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3239#comment-51123 "Center of Excellence" “Center of Excellence”

]]> http://defensetech.org/2006/08/23/mines-anyone/#comment-141357 Brad Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:12:12 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3239#comment-141357 Indeed. In 1988, an inexpensive Iranian mine nearly put the USS Samuel B. Roberts on the bottom of the Persian Gulf. With seawater rising around their boots, the crew fought fire and flood into the night to save the ship. The attack provoked the most recent clash between U.S. and Iranian naval forces, Operation Praying Mantis, which became the largest surface battle since World War II. Yet two years later, according to the U.S. Navy's own historians, the service was poorly prepared to clear minefields off Iraq. (There are photos and audio and video clips of the damaged frigate and the subsequent battle at http://www.nohigherhonor.com, a companion site to "No Higher Honor," my new Naval Institute Press book about the ship, its crew, and the mining.) Indeed. In 1988, an inexpensive Iranian mine nearly put the USS Samuel B. Roberts on the bottom of the Persian Gulf. With seawater rising around their boots, the crew fought fire and flood into the night to save the ship. The attack provoked the most recent clash between U.S. and Iranian naval forces, Operation Praying Mantis, which became the largest surface battle since World War II. Yet two years later, according to the U.S. Navy’s own historians, the service was poorly prepared to clear minefields off Iraq. (There are photos and audio and video clips of the damaged frigate and the subsequent battle at http://www.nohigherhonor.com, a companion site to “No Higher Honor,” my new Naval Institute Press book about the ship, its crew, and the mining.)

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