LUGM-145

LUGM-145

The LUGM-145 was an Iraqi produced naval moored contact mine. The mine had a 145 kilogram explosive warhead. In 1991, the USS Tripoli struck one of the mines, losing a third of its fuel, and sustaining damage that would cost 3.5 million US dollars to repair.

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