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</i></span></b></font></span></span></font><br><b>The Economist</b></span></font><br>
<h3 class=""><i>Minehunting with radar and rats</i></h3>
<h1 class=""><font size="4">Clearing landmines: Despite sophisticated new
technology many explosive devices are still cleared by hand with the
help of trained animals</font></h1>
Jun 7th 2014
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<p>DURING a morning operation against the Taliban in Afghanistan’s
Helmand province in 2010, a British army contingent halted before a
narrow pass reckoned to be mined with improvised explosive devices
(IEDs). The day before, two of the unit’s armoured vehicles had been
destroyed nearby by IEDs (the crews were uninjured). The commander,
Lieutenant-Colonel Matt Bazeley, fired a rocket that pulled 200 metres
of a fat, coiled hose out over the route ahead. Packed with about 1.5
tonnes of explosives, it detonated upon landing with such a force that
the shock wave was felt at a command centre 13km (8 miles) away.</p><p><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21603239-clearing-landmines-despite-sophisticated-new-technology-many-explosive-devices-are">[read more]</a><br>
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