目前世界上约有60个国家具有水雷制造能力,其中约1/3的国家对外出口,因而在国际市场上很容易买到各种先进的水雷。显然,在新世纪的近岸浅水域作战中,水雷将成为各国海军舰艇编队,特别是航母编队所面临的主要威胁,大力提高舰艇编队的水雷对抗能力已成为各国海军面临的重要任务。 At present, about 60 countries in the world have the ability to manufacture mines. About one-third of them are exported to other countries, making it easy to buy all kinds of advanced mines in the international market. Obviously, in the new-century shallow-water near-shore operations, the mines will become the major threat to the fleet of naval vessels of various countries, especially the aircraft carrier formations. It has become an important task for all navies to vigorously raise the mines’ capability of fighting mines.