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taxi

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9. Is it possible to plant mines that can be set into an active mode at a later time,

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 07:19 PM

Jun 2025

or mines that will become activated by default in the absence of a signal?
If so, then the Strait has already been mined. If it is not possible to do this, then any attempt to plant mines is most likely a fools errand.

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