Minefield
Minefields are areas designed for two main uses: to create defensive tactical barriers (such as protecting a unit's flanks against infiltration tactics, channeling attacking forces into predetermined fire zones or slowing an invasion force's progress to allow reinforcements to arrive); or to act as passive area-denial weapons (in order to deny the enemy use of valuable terrain, resources or facilities when active defense of the area is not desirable or possible).
There are a large number of mine types deployed, each capable of being tailored to the specific need of the defending force. in 2414, the USS Boudicca encountered a minefield along the Sull Path.
Mines and minefields were used by Doenitz Loyalist forces during the Federation Civil War, and were a staple of the Romulan Star Empire as a means to protect distant systems from unwanted intrusion.
Some of the most dangerous minefields were equipped with cloaking devices.
