Mine warfare - Kiraisen

Japanese: 機雷戦 - きらいせん
Mine warfare - Kiraisen

…In the Imperial Japanese Navy, a special unit was formed to carry out the same missions as the Marine Corps, and was called the Special Marine Corps.
[Mine warfare, countermine warfare]
The use of mines to block local areas, straits, or harbors, or to lay mines along shipping routes to cause damage to passing ships, is called mine warfare, while the operation of detecting and neutralizing them is called mine counter-warfare.
[Attacks on coastal areas]
The purpose is to destroy enemy military facilities along the coast.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "mine warfare" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…旧日本海軍では,固有の部隊として特別に編成され,海兵隊と同様の任務を行うものを特別陸戦隊と称した。水陸両用作戦
[機雷戦,対機雷戦]
 機雷を利用し,局地,海峡,港湾などを閉塞し,あるいは艦船の航路にそって敷設し,通航艦船に損害を与える作戦を機雷戦といい,これを探知し無効化する作戦を対機雷戦という。機雷掃海
[沿岸地域への攻撃]
 敵の沿岸地域の軍事施設などの破壊を目的とするものである。…

※「機雷戦」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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