SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — Rats may send some squealing, but in Cambodia, teams of the not-so-little critters have become indispensable in helping specialists detect land mines that have killed and ...
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In a first-of-its-kind development, a group of researchers has revealed an advanced laser technology that could radically improve land mine detection, presenting a safer and more efficient way to ...
Former conflict zones are littered with land mines, a type of controversial concealed weapon designed to kill or maim anyone who walks or drives over them. For humans, finding these hidden explosives ...
Leaving behind a decades-long legacy of threats to life, land mines continue to be used across conflict zones and surrounding areas. Globally, the challenge remains immense. A 2024 NATO report notes ...
Children have been crippled by land mines in Cambodia. trekholidays/iStock Decades of internecine fighting and invasions by foreign forces into Afghanistan have left a deadly legacy for the country’s ...
According to [Joanna Goodrich] in IEEE Spectrum, prior to World War II, soldiers who wanted to find land mines, simply poked at the ground with pointed sticks or bayonets. As you might expect, this ...
FAETTEVILLE, N.C. — All soldiers who deploy overseas have some training in detecting land mines. Members of the 37th Engineer Battallion at Fort Bragg showed members of the media Tuesday the tedious ...