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[–] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If you think that's brave wait until you see mine.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I take it that if you don't push hard in to the metal rods, it's a pretty safe operation. Much different than if the mine / trap is designed to be triggered by a lone human.

    Still a nervous procedure, but one can at least proceed with reasonable confidence.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Only if by push you mean several tons of metal ramming into it, yeah. I doubt a human could set it off even if they wanted to. They don't want these mines going odd every time a seal, or driftwood, or whatever runs into it. They want it to go off when a large military vessel hits it.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Good point in general, altho there's also statistically the chance of manufacturing defect or accruing damage en situ. I have zero problem with these guys being very careful with both the rods and attending to the innards...

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago*

    They are in a smol rowboat, the pic was taken from a higher pov - it would be crazy if from a ship disarming a real mine (it's prob just a pic from training, showing some platonic doggy).

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    Hey, is that a disarming tool in your pocket or are you happy to see me?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    So. If you had to choose, would you be a top or bottom sea mine disarmer?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    send them to Hormuz ?

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