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, USS Tripoli (LPH-10) 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]

Notes

  1. ↑ Cochran, Bryan M. (9 February 2004). "Mine Warfare—The Joint Force Commander's Achilles Heel" (PDF). Naval War College. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Brown, Ronald J. (2000). U. S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991: With Marine Forces Afloat in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. DIANE. p. 153. ISBN 0788185632.

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