| 11. | Twelve thousand aerial mines were laid, a significant barrier to Japan's access to outside resources.
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| 12. | On 20 April 1951 the primary mission for VP-47 was changed from ASW to aerial mining.
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| 13. | The wing further expanded its mission in 1987 to include conventional bombing, sea search and surveillance, and aerial mining.
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| 14. | In 1935 he claimed that he worked on aerial mines and in 1937 that he had invented a system for detecting submarines.
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| 15. | First the roofs and windows of the old town were destroyed with 256 heavy bombs and aerial mines ( 396 tons ).
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| 16. | In 1987, the wing's mission expanded to include conventional bombing, sea search / surveillance, and aerial mining.
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| 17. | In more recent years, Lake George has been home to an operational U . S . Military bombing and aerial mining range.
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| 18. | The damage was mainly caused by two aerial mines; large bombs dropped by parachute and fused to explode before hitting the ground.
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| 19. | The US Navy lacked suitable aircraft . Johnson set about convincing General Curtis LeMay of the efficacy of very heavy bombers laying aerial mines.
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| 20. | A resource on the history of aerial tramways in the mining industry is " Riding the High Wire, Aerial Mine Tramways in the West"
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