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Special Report: Solomon Islands’ Explosive Legacy, Mette Eliseussen, John Rodsted Nov 2016

Special Report: Solomon Islands’ Explosive Legacy, Mette Eliseussen, John Rodsted

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Solomon Islands encompass over 900 islands scattered across the ocean north of Australia and east of Papua New Guinea. Many of the 500,000 inhabitants still live with unknown quantities of explosive remnants of war (ERW) left behind from combat between Japan and the United States during World War II. Unexploded ordnance (UXO) of both U.S. and Japanese origin remains on some of the nation’s atolls. Since the end of the war, sporadic clearance was undertaken, including through Operation Render Safe, a joint clearance program between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. There have also …


Baker Center Journal Of Applied Public Policy - Vol. Iv, No. I, Thomas Graham, Robert F. Durant, Robert M. Stein, John M. Scheb Ii, Colin Glennon, Hemant Kumar Sharma, Dorian Stiefel, Kristin Wagers, Mark Harmon, Cristina Reiser, Benjamin Signer Apr 2012

Baker Center Journal Of Applied Public Policy - Vol. Iv, No. I, Thomas Graham, Robert F. Durant, Robert M. Stein, John M. Scheb Ii, Colin Glennon, Hemant Kumar Sharma, Dorian Stiefel, Kristin Wagers, Mark Harmon, Cristina Reiser, Benjamin Signer

Baker Center: Publications and Other Works

This is the 4th volume of the Baker Center Journal on Applied Public Policy. It includes articles on nuclear nonproliferation, American political development, election issues, Tennessee state trial courts, attitudes related to rich and poor people, and two student articles on science, innovation, technology and economic growth and explosive trace detection at airports.


Logistics-Explosives-Safety, Rolf Oechslin, Jørgen Schneider Aug 2003

Logistics-Explosives-Safety, Rolf Oechslin, Jørgen Schneider

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Cost, safety, and compliance with international regulations are among the most important factors with respect to shipping explosives. The following article gives detailed insight into the transport and storage of explosives necessary for destroying mines and UXO.


Quantum Magnetics Targets Landmine Explosives Using Quadrupole Resonance, Caroleen L. Williams, Peter Czipott, Lowell Burnett Aug 2001

Quantum Magnetics Targets Landmine Explosives Using Quadrupole Resonance, Caroleen L. Williams, Peter Czipott, Lowell Burnett

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

San Diego-based Quantum Magnetics did not intend to develop the world’s best landmine detection technology, but it just might turn out that way. For the past five years, the company has been working to develop landmine detection technology that would be so specific and effective that it would minimize false alarms, thus saving lives and limbs of U.S. soldiers, citizens and landmine sweepers alike. Although Quantum Magnetics is also developing other security-related technologies for applications such as bomb, drug and concealed-weapon detection, it has continued to keep its core objective on course, and its scientists continue to concentrate on solving …


When An Explosion Is Not An Explosion:: Detonating Ap Mines Without Explosive Charges With The Ap Mine Neutralization Device, Frank E. Varljen Jun 1999

When An Explosion Is Not An Explosion:: Detonating Ap Mines Without Explosive Charges With The Ap Mine Neutralization Device, Frank E. Varljen

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

In many demining situations, "in situ" neutralization of AR landmines is accomplished by using explosive charges to detonate the mines in place. However, there are times when it is not appropriate, safe, or feasible to use explosive charges to neutralize AP mines.