The US military has conducted training to face a naval threat to warships, with the participation of the Japanese Defense Forces, noting that it possesses skill and professionalism in those warships.
This is the official website of the US Military Command in the Pacific, referring to US and Japanese naval forces involved in confronting the threat and destruction of naval mines, to open safe passages for US warships, in the event of a naval war with a hostile naval force deployed naval mines in the corridors of ships.
The US Pacific Command said that the exercises with the Japanese side were very useful, noting that they have distinct capabilities and expertise in this area, and they are in the highest degree of commitment in military operations.
Activities included the search and deactivation of mines, and dealing with different types of marine mines, which differ in the way they operate and each requires special expertise to neutralize them.
Warring armies use mines as one of the weapons of killing and destruction, which only need to be deployed in the corridors of enemy warships overseas, according to the magazine "American Inter", which pointed out that the deployment of naval mines is of great strategic importance in disrupting the fleets of enemies.
Naval mines are a deadly hidden weapon not only because of the damage they cause to enemy ships, but also because of the great fears and uncertainties facing the warring fleets as they sail in a way that may force them to change their war plans.
According to the magazine, the United States used mines in World War II on a large scale against the Japanese, pointing out that it used planes to throw sea mines on vital sea lanes used by Japanese ships in 1945 and US naval mines achieved better results than America in the strategic bombing and attacks Carried out by their submarines.
In 1972, naval mines deployed at the port of Haiphong in Vietnam helped push North Vietnam to the negotiating table.
During the 1991 desert storm, the Iraqi army deployed thousands of naval mines in the northern Arabian Gulf, threatening US ships in the region and disrupting the advance of some US landing ships at the time.
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