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Its 1985
You are the admiral of the navy of a mid size military power ( like Iraq Turkey Italy pakistan etc)

Your main opponents are major maritime powers with much superior surface naval forces and with submarine forces also more advanced than yours.
In airpower shore based you are only slightly inferior to enemies airforce but can hold your own

You are tasked to develop state of the art mine warfare capabilities as a way to balance the naval odds against a superior power.How will you go about doing that ?

What kind of mines would you employ ?

What kind of defensive offensive strategies you will use to maximize the effect of your arsenal of mines ?

What kind of mine laying platforms would you use and why?

Your goals are simple

1 prevent blockade of your ports
2 inflict disproportionate attrition on enemy naval forces
3 interdict enemy shipping lanes

Thanks for any replies
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