I'm curious, for those that know them better. With the way they decay over time, are they more likely to trigger with little input or less likely? Like what part decays faster, and what is the result of that? And, does it depend on the type of water they were deployed in?
Abandoned naval mines become more likely to explode over time, due to several factors:
Many naval mines are designed to self-destruct after a certain period of time. This is to prevent them from becoming a hazard to navigation in the future. However, the self-destruct mechanisms in these mines can also fail over time, making the mines even more dangerous.
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Ok, that was kind of what I was thinking. I know in movies and TV shows they usually are "thought of" as inert or duds, and then it always turns out they weren't. But that also always sort if implied they must have been less likely to trigger, if there was reason for the characters in the show to believe they were inert until finding out otherwise.
Buy yeah, in reality it always seemed to me like they must get more sensitive over time. The only way I could have maybe seen them get "safer" is if rust rendered all the contact pins immobile or something. But even if that could be the case, it still wouldn't actually be safer, but could explain why people might initially think it was if they didn't know.
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