magnetic mine in English
noun
1
a mine detonated by the proximity of a magnetized body such as a ship or tank.
One managed to negotiate the harbour's torpedo nets and attach a warhead to the cruiser's hull, and attach magnetic mines to other ships.
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1. While she was passing down the Straits of Malacca on 9 September, at 07:44 a magnetic mine detonated 17 metres (19 yd) to starboard.