As policymakers reckon w/Russia’s advances in #Ukraine & Trump’s comments about not defending #NATO, the tools of 20th-century #warfare are coming back
Nowhere have the choices been starker than in the discussion about #LandMines, as militaries weigh their low-cost ability to slow tanks & buy time for #NATO rescuers against the risk to generations of their own citizens. Mines come in many forms, but… once laid, can pose a hazard decades after a conflict ends. #Mines & other explosive remnants of #war killed or injured at least 12 #civilians A DAY globally in 2022, many of them #children, acc/to the Landmine & #ClusterMunitions Monitor. #Ukraine
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) requested Laos at a meeting on Monday to join the other 164 countries attending the Ottawa Convention while Cambodia is chair and hosts the 5th Review Meeting of the organisation....
Diese erstaunlichen Tiere werden in Afrika + Asien zum finden von Landminen eingesetzt, aber auch um Tuberkulose aufzuspüren.
Versuche zeigen, dass eine Riesenhamsterratte 150 Speichelproben in nur 30 Minuten bearbeiten können, während dort ein Mensch ca 20 Proben am Tag unter dem Mikroskop bearbeiten kann. Sie können jed nicht nur Tuberkuloseerreger riechen, sondern auch Sprengstoffe.
Researchers from a university biochemistry lab and company developing synthetic enzymes designed techniques using engineered bacteria to detect buried land mines at longer distances.
Relief workers warned Wednesday that Libya's catastrophic floods may bring unexploded bombs and mines from past conflicts to the surface, posing fresh threats to a nation that has already lost more than 11,000 people in the disaster....
In Ukraine with the minesweepers: 'At times, it took me four days to clear 150 metres, there was no other option'.
The counteroffensive launched by Kyiv's forces in June was made particularly dangerous given the extent to which Russian defensive positions were mined. Mine-clearing teams operate step by step, at night, in small units.
The United States will provide #Ukraine with additional assistance, including munitions and air defense systems, the White House said on Wednesday.
The new #military assistance package for Ukraine includes #HIMARS missile launch systems, #Javelin antitank weapons, #Abrams tanks and other weapons systems, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Ukraine has breached Russia’s first line of defense near Zaporizhzhia
This accomplishment comes after weeks of meticulous mine clearance operations. Tarnavsky expressed confidence that their progress would accelerate as they advance towards the less fortified second defensive line
My favorite Bible verse is the one where Jesus instructs his followers to line rivers along the border with razor wire traps in which the less fortunate will be sliced to shreds and drown.
As South Korea is being hit with record rainfall each year, as the ground shifts and land slides, it might be good during the dry times for South Korea's government on both the local & national level to invest in locating the remaining 3021 buried landmines. It shouldn't be up to hikers to find them the hard way like they have been. 😑🥾💣💥
Link contains a map of S. Korea's uncovered minefields.
Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) asks Laos to join Ottawa Treaty (www.khmertimeskh.com)
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) requested Laos at a meeting on Monday to join the other 164 countries attending the Ottawa Convention while Cambodia is chair and hosts the 5th Review Meeting of the organisation....
New Libya Fear: Floodwaters Dredging up Bombs and Land Mines from Past Wars (themessenger.com)
Relief workers warned Wednesday that Libya's catastrophic floods may bring unexploded bombs and mines from past conflicts to the surface, posing fresh threats to a nation that has already lost more than 11,000 people in the disaster....