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Claim And Reality: Mechanically Assisted Demining, Colonel L Dyck Jun 1999

Claim And Reality: Mechanically Assisted Demining, Colonel L Dyck

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

To be able to discuss demining technology and to differentiate between claim and reality, we must first look at what we are trying to do. We want to clear mines from infected areas as safely and as rapidly as possible, and be able to return the land to the local population for economic and development use.


Body Protection Systems For Use In Humanitarian Demining: Applying Hard Science And End-User Feedback To Improve Personal Protection For Deminers, Richard L'Abbe, Aris Makris, Derrick Poon Young Jun 1999

Body Protection Systems For Use In Humanitarian Demining: Applying Hard Science And End-User Feedback To Improve Personal Protection For Deminers, Richard L'Abbe, Aris Makris, Derrick Poon Young

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Somewhere between the tightening budgets of program managers, myriad of demining activities, and fatigue among donors, lies a life-threatening issue which receives limited attention within the hierarchy of themes defining humanitarian demining. According to a large cross-section of deminers around the world, personal protection for deminers is considered a poor second cousin to such themes as mine awareness and victim assistance. They say the issue of improving personal protection needs to be pushed higher up the demining agenda.


Report On The Hidden Explosives Workshop, Rovereto June 1999, S.H. Salter Jun 1999

Report On The Hidden Explosives Workshop, Rovereto June 1999, S.H. Salter

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

This article gives some personal recollections of the highlights of the Rovereto workshop written in a form intended to be useful to working deminers. The workshop was organised by Mirco Elena of Istituto Trentino di Cultura. Funding and subsidies were from the United States Department of Energy and the Italian CARITRO foundation.


Map-Driven Platforms For Moving Sensors In Mine Fields, S.H. Salter, C.N.G. Gibson Jun 1999

Map-Driven Platforms For Moving Sensors In Mine Fields, S.H. Salter, C.N.G. Gibson

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

This paper discusses two unconventional and complementary systems for sensor movement. The first platform is the Dervish, originally designed to bypass the problem of mine detection by deliberately rolling over them with mine-resistant wheels. The second uses carbon-fibre cables to set the position of a payload supported by a balloon. Some desirable features of a sensor platform might be as follows.


April 29, 1999, James Madison University Apr 1999

April 29, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


April 26, 1999, James Madison University Apr 1999

April 26, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


Ddasaccident334, Hd-Aid Apr 1999

Ddasaccident334, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The Victim was working in a breaching party making a lane to the top of the hill. He had been working for 20 minutes when he registered a detector reading. He then either moved to mark the reading and stood on the mine or marked the reading and stepped back, stepping on the mine.


April 22, 1999, James Madison University Apr 1999

April 22, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


April 19, 1999, James Madison University Apr 1999

April 19, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


April 15, 1999, James Madison University Apr 1999

April 15, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


April 12, 1999, James Madison University Apr 1999

April 12, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


April 8, 1999, James Madison University Apr 1999

April 8, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


March 29, 1999, James Madison University Mar 1999

March 29, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


March 25, 1999, James Madison University Mar 1999

March 25, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


March 22, 1999, James Madison University Mar 1999

March 22, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


Ddasaccident209, Hd-Aid Mar 1999

Ddasaccident209, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The team arrived in the area at 10:45. The man supposed to guide them did not arrive, but another person substituted. They drove along an unsurfaced track, then parked and walked on until they could see the remaining minefield marking of a previously cleared area on the other side of the track. They had walked about 15m off the track towards the suspect area before the victim (who was the Team Leader and third in line) stepped on a mine.


March 4, 1999, James Madison University Mar 1999

March 4, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


March 1, 1999, James Madison University Mar 1999

March 1, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


February 25, 1999, James Madison University Feb 1999

February 25, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


February 22, 1999, James Madison University Feb 1999

February 22, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


February 18, 1999, James Madison University Feb 1999

February 18, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


February 15, 1999, James Madison University Feb 1999

February 15, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


February 11, 1999, James Madison University Feb 1999

February 11, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


February 8, 1999, James Madison University Feb 1999

February 8, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


February 4, 1999, James Madison University Feb 1999

February 4, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


The Operational Implementation Of Community Mine Awareness For Development: Practical Experiences In Mozambique, Peter Merten Feb 1999

The Operational Implementation Of Community Mine Awareness For Development: Practical Experiences In Mozambique, Peter Merten

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The idea for the Community Mine Awareness for Development (CMAD) concept was especially designed by the GTZ/MineTech partnership to minimize the risks of mines and UXO to the local population. In those areas, no complete mine clearance could be undertaken effectively in the short term. By integrating educational and specific sociological elements, CMAD aims to support the active participation of the villagers and their local communities in the process of rehabilitation and reconstruction. Hence, CMAD is a specific empowerment process designed for those communities which have to live with the mine and UXO threat for a long period before receiving …


January 28, 1999, James Madison University Jan 1999

January 28, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


January 21, 1999, James Madison University Jan 1999

January 21, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


January 18, 1999, James Madison University Jan 1999

January 18, 1999, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


James Madison University Student Handbook, 1999, James Madison University Jan 1999

James Madison University Student Handbook, 1999, James Madison University

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