Den militära nyttan med kontrollerbara sjöminsystem : En jämförande fallstudie

Sammanfattning: Sea mines are a cheap weapons system useful for hindering an opponent’s freedomof movement. Controllable sea mines, that can be activated and deactivated after they havebeen laid out, can be laid out prior to break out of war. The main bulk of sea mines storedtoday in Swedish depots are not controllable. This thesis compares the military utility between two controllable mine systems. The existingM9-system and a system draft based on wireless underwater communication. With theSwedish navy as the military actor using the systems, the comparison is set against abackground scenario of an escalating crisis. In this context the military effectiveness, militarysuitability and affordability of the systems is studied. The results indicate that the KT-system introduced in this study has a slightly greater militaryutility. At the same time, the results point out a number of differences between the systems,which in the end might be of greater use to a decision maker than a summed up rating.