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Perhaps we should mention submarines? Their losses in minelaying were far less than aircraft, & their effectiveness was far & away higher. As for the opinion of the Japanese minesweep CO, given how derisively bad his efforts were, it's a wonder the '29s didn't do better... See Parillo, Japanese Merchant Marine. Trekphiler 09:26, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

But, as I understand it, Starvation was a Army Air Forces operation, though the targets were nautical. Were the submarines more effective at the mining mission? They only got into the Sea of Japan a few times; did they ever get into the Inland Sea? My impression is that the submariners didn't care for mining. For obvious reasons: you sneak into dangerous waters and ... drop off your mines, and sneak away, and maybe later hear an intelligence report that some ship you never saw sank.

Maybe we need a more general article on Mine warfare in the Pacific War, or some such?

—wwoods 01:24, 22 January 2006 (UTC)