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... area clearance , vegetation clearance , mechanical mine clearance , mine neutralization , individual deminer protection , and individual deminer tools . PROGRAM EXECUTION The Countermine Division of the U.S. Army Research , Development ...
... area clearance , vegetation clearance , mechanical mine clearance , mine neutralization , individual deminer protection , and individual deminer tools . PROGRAM EXECUTION The Countermine Division of the U.S. Army Research , Development ...
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... area weapons with area fusing systems. While most blast mines require substantial direct pressure, tripwire actuation may take as little as 1 or 2 lbs. Gone too is the comforting notion of adequate protection. Not only will a mistake ...
... area weapons with area fusing systems. While most blast mines require substantial direct pressure, tripwire actuation may take as little as 1 or 2 lbs. Gone too is the comforting notion of adequate protection. Not only will a mistake ...
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... areas of real progress in recent years has been the introduction of mechanized vegetation cutters, which gain rapid access to the ground and eliminate the threat from tripwires. The minefields of the real world are often uneven and ...
... areas of real progress in recent years has been the introduction of mechanized vegetation cutters, which gain rapid access to the ground and eliminate the threat from tripwires. The minefields of the real world are often uneven and ...
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... Areas The word “minefield” strongly conveys a rural setting, yet some of the most awkward and dangerous minefields are in urban areas. In most cases the presence of buildings, walls, fences, overhead and underground services, paths, and ...
... Areas The word “minefield” strongly conveys a rural setting, yet some of the most awkward and dangerous minefields are in urban areas. In most cases the presence of buildings, walls, fences, overhead and underground services, paths, and ...
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... areas, the UN estimate is too high. Regardless, Afghanistan remains severely affected. The most heavily mined areas are in the provinces bordering Iran and Pakistan. Mines are located in agricultural fields, irrigation canals, and ...
... areas, the UN estimate is too high. Regardless, Afghanistan remains severely affected. The most heavily mined areas are in the provinces bordering Iran and Pakistan. Mines are located in agricultural fields, irrigation canals, and ...
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Page 18 - Victims" means persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that are in violation of criminal laws operative within Member States, including those laws proscribing criminal abuse of power.
Page 14 - To this end, the study is sponsored jointly by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (OASD/SO/LIC) and the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (DOS/R).
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Page 12 - Public health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO...
Page 32 - US Department of State, To Walk the Earth in Safety: The United States Commitment to Humanitarian Demining, Washington, DC: US Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 2001.
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Page 14 - Defense will undertake a substantial programme to develop improved mine detection and clearing technology and to share this improved technology with the broader international community.
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