I don’t know jack about any kind of mines myself, but it seems “quite unlikely” that a Korean war-vintage mine sank a ship here in 2010...
>>>it seems “quite unlikely” that a Korean war-vintage mine sank a ship here in 2010...
Munitions buried in WW1 battlefields are still detonating from time to time. Torpedoes and shells on sunk atomic bomb test target ships will be dangerous for decades yet to come.
>>>North Korea has probably dropped hundreds of mines to the bottom of the ocean floor.
As did the US Navy and Air Force. The forensics aren’t done yet. This may be enemy action but it also may be friendly fire.