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@graf @peepeepoopoocahcah1 Mines work by creating pockets of gas, which do not provide buoyancy to ships; hitting a mine would be like removing the section of mattress under your lower back while a fat girl is riding you. It's actually the same thing with torpedos: torpedos don't actually hit a ship, they explode underneath it, causing damage to the keel of the ship through its own weight.
@graf @peepeepoopoocahcah1 they can either be contact mines or detect the change in magnetic flux of a ship passing by. Basically that thing that makes magnets point at big pieces of metal and not just at north, large ferromagnetic objects disturb the magnetic field in a detectable way. It's like 100 year old tech tbh.