OVERVIEW: The Mk65 QUICKSTRIKE is an aircraft-laid bottom mine.


DETAILS:  The Mk65 QUICKSTRIKE is a 2000 pound mine designed for use against surface and submarine targets.


Weight: 	 1086 kg
Filling Weight:	  429 kg 
Depth Range:	 Up to 600 feet/183 meters



NOTES:  IOC 1983. Mk 65 is a thin-walled, mine-type case, as opposed to the thick-walled bomb-type case of the Mk 62-64 series. The mines are programmable and modular, allowing them to be updated to keep abreast of emerging threat targets. 



SOURCES: "Mk-65 Quick Strike Mine - Dumb Bombs." GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable Security Information. Accessed December 28, 2015. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/mk65.htm ; "U.S. Naval Mines - Modular Quickstrike." Master Directory Page. Accessed December 28, 2015. http://www.hartshorn.us/Navy/navy-mines-13.htm ; Friedman, Norman. The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems, 1997-1998. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1997, pg. 728.