Low cost naval mines can sink ships worth fifty thousand times their price
The strategic use of low-cost naval mines can shift the tide of war, as seen when inexpensive devices sank massive battleships worth fifty thousand times their manufacturing price.
During the 1915 Canakkale naval battles, the Ottoman ship Nusret deployed just 26 contact mines that successfully sank three Allied battleships. These devices used 440-pound TNT charges to create hydrodynamic shockwaves, sinking the HMS Irresistible in mere minutes.
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