Keywords: US Navy 020215-N-5745B-002 Minesweeping exercise.jpg en 020215-N-5745B-002 Mustang Island State Park TX Feb 15 2002 -- Maintenance personnel from Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron One Five HM-15 prepare a MK-105 minesweeping sled for towing operations in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico An MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter will tow the sled with a 450-foot cable through simulated mine fields A gas turbine engine on the sled generates electrical power and sends it to cables connected to the sled The cables can simulate the magnetic or acoustic signature of a ship causing mines to detonate at sea U S Navy photo by Lieutenant Marc Boyd RELEASED 2002-02-15 020215-N-5745B-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 881 U S Navy photo by Lieutenant Marc Boyd PD-USGov-Military-Navy 15 February 2002 in Texas February 2002 photographs February 2002 in the United States Images from US Navy location Mustang Island State Park TX MK-105 Magnetic Influence Minesweeping System Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 United States Navy Mustang Island State Park |