Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The impact of oceanography on mine warfare
  • Setting and description of the symposium
  • Mine warfare: an overview
  • History of mine warfare
  • Mine classification
  • Mine countermeasures
  • Structure of mine countermeasure forces
  • Mine warfare doctrine
  • Future trends in mine warfare
  • Oceanography and mine warfare
  • Oceanography of the nearshore environment: the challenge for mine warfare
  • The role of oceanography in mission planning, battlefield preparation, and mission success
  • Support for mine warfare: information and systems
  • Support for mine warfare: environmental science programs within the Office Of Naval Research
  • Mine warfare and the ocean environment: mission influence, research issues, and future exploitation
  • Oceanographic equivalence of naval depth ranges
  • Atmospheric and meterological variability
  • Bathymetry
  • Currents and tides
  • Optical properties
  • Acoustics
  • Seafloor bottom type
  • Surf zone
  • Role of the scientific community in mine warfare
  • Environmental parameters and their importance to mine warfare
  • Training issues
  • Doctrine
  • Challenges for mine warfare
  • Summary of outcomes
  • D. Wargame gamebook
  • E. Environmental science programs within the Office Of Naval Research that support mine warfare
  • F. Office of Naval Research programs to encourage research in areas of interest to naval operations
  • G. Office of Naval Research program contact information.