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Originally Posted by nuke11
It really depends on how WWIII starts in the US, but the Army could lay large amounts of mines to protect the northen and southern borders. A recone unit could run into them.
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Nuke11,
Mining the northern border doesn't make too much sense, Canada and the US are strong allies and even after the war commerce and assistance needs to be able to go both ways. Its also unlikely invasion or civil disorder would come across the border from Canada, although if that's possible then it seems equally likely (if not moreso) the Canadian Army would be laying mines instead to prevent an invasion or civil disorder spreading from the USA.
That said, Mexico is certainly a cause for concern for many Americans. Further, there are actual Soviet airborne invaders in the Pacific Northwest and mines would be one way of restricting their expansion regionally and within the city. In my game based on FW, random minefields are common in the city of Seattle, mostly in the no-man's land between the Reds and Rebels but also marking the many former urban battlefields where Soviets and insurgents/US Army clashed. (Mostly laid by the Soviets to protect their strongpoints and outposts, or to control insurgent movement within the city.) The same could apply to other areas where there were Soviet invaders.
Speaking more broadly, based on the almost random use of mines in Cambodia, even where there wasn't open combat between US, Soviet and even Mexican forces mines could be laid. This would be in addition to established mine-laying doctrine. As mentioned, there could be a desire to limit migration into (or out of) the USA or between different parts of the USA (on the border between Oregon and California, for example). In places where there was open factional conflict (between American units or competing governing bodies) mines could be used as terror weapons against civilians or laid to disrupt supply lines. Military units could lay them to protect their positions, laagers or cantonments, then neglect to remove or even mark them with signs or on maps.
Basically, depending on how things went mines could be anywhere.
Tony