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naval mine

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noun

  1. mine.


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Central Command said in a statement Saturday that naval mine storage facilities and missile storage bunkers were among the targets destroyed in a so-called precision strike on Kharg Island.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Central Command said in a statement Saturday that naval mine storage facilities and missile storage bunkers were among the targets destroyed in a so-called precision strike on Kharg Island.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Romania's navy carried out a controlled explosion on Saturday of a naval mine that had drifted close to the country's Black Sea shore, the defence ministry said.

From Reuters • Dec. 10, 2022

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s defense ministry says military teams are working to disable a second naval mine that was detected floating off Turkey’s Black Sea coast.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2022

The German military gave special performances, showing off its tanks, machine guns, naval mine throwers, and other artillery weapons.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti