LUGM-145 explained

The LUGM-145 was an Iraqi produced naval moored contact mine. The mine had a 145 kilogram explosive warhead.[1] In February 1991, during the Gulf War, struck a LUGM-145 mine, losing a third of its fuel, and sustaining damage that would cost 3.5 million US dollars to repair.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mine Warfare—The Joint Force Commander's Achilles Heel. https://web.archive.org/web/20120927001706/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a422828.pdf. live. September 27, 2012. Cochran. Bryan M.. 9 February 2004. Naval War College. 13 April 2016.
  2. Book: Brown, Ronald J.. U. S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991: With Marine Forces Afloat in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. 2000. 0788185632. 153. DIANE .

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