Mark 60 CAPTOR

The Mark 60 CAPTOR is the United States' only deep-water anti-submarine naval mine. It uses a Mark 46 torpedo contained in an aluminum shell that is anchored to the ocean floor. The mine can be placed by either aircraft, submarine or surface vessel. The torpedo, once placed, can last anywhere from weeks to months underwater. The original production contract of the CAPTOR mine was awarded to Goodyear Aerospace in 1972, and entered service in 1979. It was hoped to reduce minefield costs and used in the creation of a barrier of the "Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom gap to interrupt Soviet submarines in the event that deterrence failed."

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1979  Wikimedia, Wikidata
length 3.68 metre, mass 1077 kilogram, 
anti-submarine weapon, naval mine, Alliant Techsystems, 

anti-submarine weapon, Los Angeles-class submarine, 

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1979 Mark 60 CAPTOR

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Cold War

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Mk.60 Captor

CAPTOR mine being loaded aboard sub

CAPTOR mine being loaded under wing pylon

Mark 60 CAPTOR-DF-ST-90-11649

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Mk.60 Captor		Commons
commons	image		CAPTOR mine being loaded aboard sub		Commons
commons	image		CAPTOR mine being loaded under wing pylon		Commons
commons	image		Mark 60 CAPTOR-DF-ST-90-11649		Commons