Jesus fucking Christ it’s amateur hour amongst the punditry over this mine issue isn’t it?
Let me tell you something, if you’ve never had to go through minefields or mined waters or hit a mine then you should consider listening to the people who have.
The commentary is getting silly.
Sure, they’re not “wonder weapons” … until the explosion and the massive rush of thousands of tons of sea water and that funny angle your ship takes that makes you suddenly and urgently want to take a “fear piss”.
They’re the solid, proven and silent weapon that cancels insurance policies for every merchant ship in the region without ever proving they are even in the water.
The US Navy is absolutely not ready for this. The four ships we had dedicated to doing this we just decommissioned. We lost all of our corporate knowledge. Now we’re running an experiment and it’s gonna cost people their lives