1. An innocent looking Iraqi tugboat and barge

2. However, when you remove the tarps…

3. and look under the cut-away drums, you find… Floating Contact Mines

4. ready to deploy. Note wheels and rails

5. Meanwhile, back inside the container…

6. a trap door, leading to the inside of the barge…

7. and more contact mines ready to deploy...

8. along with bottom-moored influence mines.

9. Which proves the old adage that any ship can be a mine layer,

10. And any ship can be a mine hunter – once. USS Tripoli damaged by floating contact mine during Desert Storm

11. Mining – not just a threat to the Navy! 4 th Infantry Division enroute to Iraq