• limpet mine is a type of naval mine attached to a target by magnets. It is so named because of its superficial similarity to the shape of the limpet,...
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    Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is...
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    amplified[clarification needed] and detonated the explosives. Limpet mines are a special form of contact mine that are manually attached to the target by magnets...
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    reverberation level, and the other factors are as before. The LIMIS (limpet mine imaging sonar) is a hand-held or ROV-mounted imaging sonar for use by...
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  • developed the weapon thus far, it was duly named the limpet mine after the marine sea creature – the limpet, a gastropod well known for its ability to adhere...
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  • including two clerics who led the march, Beyers Naudé and Allan Boesak. A Limpet mine destroys a police vehicle in Mamelodi. Two guerrillas are killed and...
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  • policeman when they open fire at a police roadblock set up at Ugie. 25 – A Limpet mine explodes at the Kokstad Men's Club opposite the police station. 27 –...
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  • damaged by an explosion. 9 – A limpet mine explodes at 21h15 and damages a substation in Jacobs, Durban. Later a second limpet explodes, killing a policeman...
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  • Incredible Mr. Limpet is a 1964 American live-action/animated comedy film produced by Warner Bros. and based on the 1942 novel Mr. Limpet by Theodore Pratt...
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  • June Four bystanders are injured when a limpet mine explodes under a police vehicle in Duduza. A limpet mine explodes under a vehicle parked outside a...
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    Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Viribus Unitis, and the freighter Wien using limpet mines. They had no underwater breathing sets, and thus had to keep their heads...
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    to Bordeaux. On arrival they would attack the docked cargo ships with limpet mines and then escape overland to Spain. Men from no.1 section were selected...
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    ("home-made" bombs with a delay to allow the person placing the bomb to escape) Limpet mine (attached to enemy ships by naval divers) Fuse (explosives) Ticking time...
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    frogmen to the vicinity of their targets, which are then attacked with limpet mines. In civilian use, midget submarines are generally called submersibles;...
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  • are damaged by Limpet mines in Johannesburg, in Bryanston North and Fairlands. 12 – Ciskei offices in Pretoria are damaged by a Limpet mine. 13 – A bomb...
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  • Johannesburg and at least one is injured. 3 – Three people are injured when a limpet mine explodes at the corner of Jeppe and Delvers Streets in Johannesburg....
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  • into uniform and serve as his deputy. Between them they produced the limpet mine, a timed explosive that could be stuck to the underside of a ship. MIR(c)...
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    structures, and harbors for limpet mines and other sabotage; and ordinary routine maintenance in war conditions. Underwater mine clearance and bomb disposal...
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    Progressive Party, which caused material damage, the abandonment of a limpet mine in a fuel depot in Alberton as well as other sabotage of railways. On...
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    Lifting bag Remotely operated underwater vehicle Thermal lance Tremie Water jetting Underwater weapons Limpet mine Speargun Hawaiian sling Polespear...
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    operated by a company based in Norway, were attacked, allegedly with limpet mines or flying objects, sustaining fire damage. American and Iranian military...
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    Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, which was heavily damaged by a limpet mine in April 2021. Shayetet 13 has had an extensive role in the Israel-Hamas...
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  • barracuda-infested waters to Mr Big's island and manages to plant a limpet mine on the hull of his yacht before being captured once again by Mr Big....
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    Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (a type of submersible), and combat swimming and limpet mine attacks. The OSS MU mission was "to infiltrate agents and supply resistance...
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    a magnetically attached limpet mine was constructed in Britain for underwater sabotage actions in the upcoming war. The mines exploded when a cocked spring...
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    torpedo at slow speed to the target, used the detachable warhead as a limpet mine and then rode the torpedo away. The nose of the torpedo was filled with...
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  • commandos to reach an enemy-held harbour undetected and blow up ships with limpet mines. He is given command of a small group of volunteers. However, he clashes...
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    six limpet mines to Takao's hull using an improvised piece of rope (the hull was covered with a thick layer of seaweed, and the magnets of the limpet mines...
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    Lifting bag Remotely operated underwater vehicle Thermal lance Tremie Water jetting Underwater weapons Limpet mine Speargun Hawaiian sling Polespear...
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  • stockpiles of land mines held by a non-state entity, consisting of over 19,000 anti-tank mines, 13,000 anti-personnel mines, and 5,000 limpet mines. An air defence...
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