Comments on: Clearing Landmines http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/ Ace King, check it out! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ben Sutton http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-152 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:29:32 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-152 Instead of having dishonest crooks do it who will need guarding(extra cost and unreliable) . Train and provide locals in their area with the equipment they need to clear mines as we do by hand right now I am sure if they had the means and know how to clear them they would be able to clear and make their villiages and feilds safer. one small step

]]> By: Paul Williams http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-151 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:36:52 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-151 In the UK we have a problem with Prison overcrowding, it costs around £75 ($150) per day to keep somebody in Prison. Reading above it says it costs $300-$1000 to clear each mine! Anybody see where this is going????

]]> By: Ben Sutton http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-150 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:45:19 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-150 Another idea I had and I know this is sorta silly but has anyone ever hear of fuel air weapons? We the military uses them to clear land mines and at the moment a russian fuel air weapon has a blast equivelent to a small nuclear weapon. Now this idea may be impractical as it has a ton of collateral but it would destroy all flate plate style mines in a wide area and since it reaches many thousands of degrees it will cookoff explosives. However my latest big brain storm is a land mine design. I know we are talking about trying to get rid of them yes but lets face it more land mines are planted every year and those we need to worry about too. The solution could be(I’m no chemist so it might not work) is to create an explosive that will deteriorate over a time of 5-6 years rendering it useless after that time so that civilians will not be plagued by them after a war is over.

Then back to getting rid of them take the idea of a military style chain wipand work ot down in size so that is can be the size of a beefed up rototiller with armor protecting the driver.

Then unfortunatly to be less optimistic we must realize a couple of things.
Areas covered in mines are often thickly vegetated as the majority of people aren’t silly enought to enter them and start clearing them.
Areas with anti personell mines often are also intespersed with anti tank mines slowing the use of vehicles to clear it.
So please don’t accuse me of buchery but the fuel air explosives may be one of the best alternatives for (Some areas) as they defoliate, destroy claymore mines and trigger the majority of mines. This would pave the way for macanical clearing.

Sorry for the long post=(

]]> By: Joe http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-149 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:52:47 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-149 Yeah Ben, smart, think about that dragging and the in front/behind thing, then think about plastic mines, then think about the absence of mines as the real problem. Now you’re ready to contribute.

]]> By: Ben Sutton http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-148 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:00:41 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-148 for a device to find and detonate metal land mine I was thinking you should mount a massive electro magnet to a metal plate and drag it across the ground as it would pull up and detonate any metal mines under a plate so no collateral. Another option would be something like the vibrating compactors on construction sites that can be set up to move about an area at random as they are will destroy any mines and will move across just about any terrain.My last idea is the lawn aeration device that poke holes in your lawn and would be suitable for clearing fields or light brush.
Just throwing a few ideas out there.
But the best idea I hear so far is the sheep I know it is gruesome but they would be dead instantly and would provide food. They search areas better than any robot and don’t need human intervention.

]]> By: Copacetic » Blog Archive » Science Week: What invention do you want to see in the future http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-147 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:27:53 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-147 [...] this was an easy one for me as I have mentioned it in the past. Landmine Detection, or more specifically a tool to detect the absence of landmines.  Absence is important because [...]

]]> By: Joe http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-146 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:14:41 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-146 HI Vikas,

Thanks for the link.

Joe.

]]> By: Vikas Reddy http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-145 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:21:49 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-145 Cornell Minesweeper is working towards an open source design for a humanitarian demining robot.
For more info- http://minesweeper.engineering.cornell.edu

]]> By: willem http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-144 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:33:15 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-144 i want to know how to get into demining if you know of any place that gives training and employment please let me know

]]> By: Joe Drumgoole http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-143 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:19:29 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/02/28/clearing-landmines/#comment-143 Hi Dermod,

Disarming is actually straightforward its detection or more importantly, establishing the absence of mines that is important. Having said that, anything that takes the human element out of mine detection and removal is a step in the right direction.

Joe.

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