Mine excavation method and apparatus

Details Mine excavation method and apparatus Mine excavation method and apparatus

2005-04-26

2005-04-26

Poon, Peter M. (Department: 3641)

Ordnance

Mine-destroying devices

C102S403000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06883414

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to the filed of land mines and in particular to devices and techniques for neutralising and/or retrieving land mines. Existing mine retrieval
eutralisation techniques includes mechanical excavation or shaped charge attack and such techniques are either susceptible to blast damage in the event of inadvertent mine explosion or can produce ambiguous results (i.e. and operator can be unsure as to whether a mine has been successfully attacked or a non-mine target has been attacked in error). The present invention provides a mine excavation technique that involves excavation of the mine by means of an explosive charge.

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