Accurate navigation, better described as precise positioning, is essential to efficient mine countermeasure operations. This paper will describe the basic principles of mine hunting, mine sweeping, mine classification, mine disposal and mine avoidance. The paper will describe the methods employed for precise positioning in the past, at present, and a method for the future. The sea mine has the capability of being a very cost-effective weapon, which can be deployed in peacetime for future remote-controlled activation. Events in the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf in recent years have demonstrated that fact.