在1990～1991年海湾战争的海战中,水雷发挥了重要作用。伊拉克在沿海布设的大量水雷,重创了美国海军的2艘军舰,使多国部队难以进行海上登陆作战,而且战争结束后,投入了大量兵力进行长时间的扫雷。冷战结束后,大规模的世界性战争的可能性很小了,取而代之的是区域性争端的新威胁。海军作战的主要舞台由大洋转向沿海,从而作为海战中重要一环的水雷战在海湾战争后进一步引起 Mines played an important role in the naval battle of the Gulf War in 1990-1991. The large number of Iraqi mines deployed along the coast has infringed on two U.S. Navy warships, making it hard for the multinational force to land at sea and, after the war, has invested heavily in long-term demining. After the Cold War, there is very little chance of a massive world war, replacing it with a new threat of regional disputes. The main stage of naval operations turned from the ocean to the coast, and thus the mine war, which was an important part of naval warfare, further caused after the Gulf War