Response to the Landmine Threat in Bosnia: Hearing Before the Military Research and Development Subcommittee, Joint with the Military Procurement Subcommittee, of the Committee on National Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held January 24, 1996 |
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I hope one of the things we can get out of this hearing is that the landmine situation in Bosnia is the exception , not the rule . Because of the immensity of the problem , over 100 million antipersonnel mines scattered around the world ...
I hope one of the things we can get out of this hearing is that the landmine situation in Bosnia is the exception , not the rule . Because of the immensity of the problem , over 100 million antipersonnel mines scattered around the world ...
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Since Interposition Force ( IFOR ) has deployed , we will then discuss the minefield status , cleared , marked , that sort of thing . I will also want to cover the other threats besides mines that IFOR is looking at over there , so you ...
Since Interposition Force ( IFOR ) has deployed , we will then discuss the minefield status , cleared , marked , that sort of thing . I will also want to cover the other threats besides mines that IFOR is looking at over there , so you ...
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... it is my mission to identify those things that need to be considered by our military planners , by our doctrine people and our equipment developers . So we have highlighted the situation with the landmines .
... it is my mission to identify those things that need to be considered by our military planners , by our doctrine people and our equipment developers . So we have highlighted the situation with the landmines .
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We are willing to accept - for breaching operations , that's an under - fire combat type of thing where we have to move ... And then we try to improve on that by proofing the lanes with skimming soil and things out of the way by running ...
We are willing to accept - for breaching operations , that's an under - fire combat type of thing where we have to move ... And then we try to improve on that by proofing the lanes with skimming soil and things out of the way by running ...
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You know , we have hand - held things . That was World War II , wasn't it , where we - well , I was told that we have got the ultimate thing where we dig up the mines , we just go deep and dig them up . You know , give me a break .
You know , we have hand - held things . That was World War II , wasn't it , where we - well , I was told that we have got the ultimate thing where we dig up the mines , we just go deep and dig them up . You know , give me a break .
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