Smesta

The process of rendering safe, neutralizing, recovering, removing or destroying mines.

In naval mine warfare, a two-ship sweep, using a net like device, designed to collect drifting mines or scoop them up from the sea bottom.

In land operations, the detection and if found, the identification, marking and neutralization, destruction or removal of mines or other explosive ordnance, improvised explosive devices and booby traps in a defined area to allow a military operation to continue with reduced risk. Note: Area clearance is normally conducted by military units.

In naval mine warfare, initial sweeping to clear a path through a mined area dangerous to the following minesweepers.

The sweeping of an area by relatively safe means in order to reduce the risk to mine countermeasures vessels in subsequent operations.