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by philcrump 2249 days ago
Towing a magnetic field generator behind a boat or aircraft is a common minesweeping technique. The generator is usually mounted on a floating 'sled' to maximise depth capability, but aircraft-mounted degaussing coils were used in minesweeping by the British in WWII.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minesweeping