- Industry: Government; Military
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In personnel recovery, a precoordinated signal from an evader to a receiving or observing source that indicates, “I am here, start the recovery planning. ”
Industry:Military
In naval mine warfare, a mine having positive buoyancy which is released from a sinker by a ship influence or by a timing device. The mine may fire by contact, hydrostatic pressure, or other means.
Industry:Military
In naval mine warfare, a mine horn containing an electric battery, the electrolyte for which is in a glass tube protected by a thin metal sheet.
Industry:Military
In naval mine warfare, a minefield laid in enemy territorial water or waters under enemy control.
Industry:Military
In naval mine warfare, a mine designed to be propelled to its proposed laying position by propulsion equipment like a torpedo. It sinks at the end of its run and then operates like a mine.
Industry:Military
In naval mine warfare, a heavy weight to which a buoyant mine is moored. The sinker generally houses the mooring rope drum and depth-setting mechanism and for mines laid by ships, it also serves as a launching trolley.
Industry:Military
In naval mine warfare, a buoyant mine held below the surface by a weight, usually in the form of a chain, which is free to creep along the seabed under the influence of stream or current.
Industry:Military
In naval mine warfare, a device in a mine which prevents the mine from detonating until a preset number of actuations has taken place.
Industry:Military
In mine warfare, the state of a mine during which a time delay feature in a mine prevents it from being actuated.
Industry:Military
In mine warfare, the estimated percentage of mines of specified characteristics which have been cleared from an area or channel.
Industry:Military
