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.
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.
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...
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).
14 Comments
AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 126d
If you think that's brave wait until you see mine.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 126d
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 125d
I sea what you did there. That was a pun(ch) on the mine.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 126d
Brave as fuck.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 13 pts · 126d
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.
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 125d
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.
Clearwater@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 125d
Apparently you can roll them down a mountain without detonating... Well until it runs into a tree.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApJCfeipvIQ
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 5 pts · 125d
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...
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 126d
I mean . . . Cool, but uh . . . Well. Good luck.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 126d
Hey, is that a disarming tool in your pocket or are you happy to see me?
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 7 pts · 125d
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).
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 124d
So. If you had to choose, would you be a top or bottom sea mine disarmer?
PugJesus@piefed.social · 1 pts · 124d
Depends on the sea 😏
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 0 pts · 126d
send them to Hormuz ?