Mine (disambiguation): Difference between revisions
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imported>Chris Day (merge disambiguation data) |
imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (Typo. The term "sap" is more common than "mine" as the term for "undermining" fortifications; the reason combat engineers are called "sappers") |
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* [[landmine]], an explosive, left in place, to be triggered by passing persons, or vehicles. | * [[landmine]], an explosive, left in place, to be triggered by passing persons, or vehicles. | ||
* [[mine (naval)]], an underwater explosive, left in place to be triggered to explode by passing vessels. | * [[mine (naval)]], an underwater explosive, left in place to be triggered to explode by passing vessels. | ||
* [[mine ( | * [[mine (siege)]], a tunnel built under the walls of a fortification, during a siege. | ||
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Revision as of 11:12, 23 September 2008
- Mine (civil engineering) [r]: An excavation and supporting infrastructure, usually underground but sometimes on the land surface (i.e., strip mining) used to remove valuable raw materials from the earth [e]
- Mine (land warfare) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mine (naval warfare) [r]: A naval explosive weapon that waits passively for a target to come into its range, and then detonates or releases a mobile weapon once its sensors detect an appropriate target [e]
- Mine (resource exploitation), a pit, tunnel, or river sluice, used to extract resources.
- landmine, an explosive, left in place, to be triggered by passing persons, or vehicles.
- mine (naval), an underwater explosive, left in place to be triggered to explode by passing vessels.
- mine (siege), a tunnel built under the walls of a fortification, during a siege.
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