seabed

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Ships sweep wires through the water to cut the cables or chains that anchor mines to the seabed so they surface and can be destroyed.

From The Wall Street Journal

How they are laid: They can be floated at a depth of 3 to 10 feet, moored on a chain or anchored on the seabed.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Iranians also had influence mines adapted to the Gulf's shallow waters, which are sown on the seabed and explode when a large ship is detected overhead, he said.

From Barron's

Others argued that volcanic activity may have caused the seabed to collapse.

From Science Daily

“Advances in submarines, sensors, seabed systems, and unmanned vehicles will create layered defenses that raise the cost—and in some scenarios the feasibility—of U.S. operations in the western Pacific,” Brookes said.

From The Wall Street Journal