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Army testing the Weevil - the remote-controlled system dealing with landmines
10 Apr 2025 18:00 GMT
The British Army has been testing a new remote-controlled mine plough to help defend soldiers against any possible threats.
Weevil was created by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dtsl) and Pearson Engineering.
A mine plough cuts through …
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EU states' withdrawal from anti-landmine convention sparks controversy
10 Apr 2025 16:01 GMT
… Landmine Monitor 2024 report, published by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines … Landmine Monitor 2024, anti-personnel mines caused 833 casualties … Civilians are the main victims—84% of all recorded casualties … anti-personnel landmines, in combination …
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Draganfly and SafeLane Global Enter into Multi-Year Agreement with Draganfly as the Preferred Global Provider of Landmine Mapping Drones and Aerial Survey Services
10 Apr 2025 11:15 GMT
… to the Landmine Monitor 2023, more than 60 million landmines remain buried … to civilians, especially children, who account for nearly half of the casualties … technology, providing solutions for public safety, agriculture, industrial inspections, security, …
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Landmine blasts in Deir ez-Zor kill 2 people
10 Apr 2025 10:26 GMT
… on Wednesday in separate landmine explosions in Deir ez … near civilian homes.
The team responded to defuse the landmines—remnants … killed instantly when a landmine detonated while he was … civilian identified as Saleh al-Yassin was killed when a landmine …
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Human Rights Watch calls on international community to help clear remains of war in Syria
09 Apr 2025 12:45 GMT
New York, SANA-Human Rights Watch said that the … has caused widespread contamination by landmines and explosive remains of war … to clear mines, more civilians returning to their homes to … Conflict and Arms Division at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement …
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Human Rights Watch calls on Syrian government to clear mines
09 Apr 2025 10:48 GMT
… civilian deaths due to explosives. According to the NGO Human Rights … of war at Human Rights Watch.
Civilians forced to clear … in the country, Human Rights Watch called for taking … extraordinary contamination by eliminating landmines and explosive remnants of …
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Good News Lions: 100-year-old tortoise ensures species survival, ‘Hero Rat’ sniffs out record number of landmines
09 Apr 2025 19:41 GMT
… casualties since 1979 in Cambodia, according to Landmine … works with Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development, … Belgian nonprofit that addresses landmines through research, development … Magawa discovered 39 landmines and 28 unexploded munitions …
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Finland’s planned exit from landmine ban draws sharp criticism from Amnesty
09 Apr 2025 17:20 GMT
… banning anti-personnel landmines risks weakening … landmines. Their very nature is indiscriminate and they continue to maim civilians … justification for labelling landmines as responsible. … landmines in 2023. Of those victims, 84 percent were civilians …
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Rakhine residents urge Arakan Army to clear landmines as civilian casualties mount
08 Apr 2025 10:11 GMT
… retreating junta troops planted landmines in military camps, forests … of territory, leaving civilians foraging for food and … they sometimes step on landmines, causing explosions,” the Gwa … landmine victims.
“As they are the ones most affected by landmines …
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Rights organization expresses concerns over civilian landmine injuries in Syria
09 Apr 2025 04:06 GMT
Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern on Tuesday over uncleared landmines … including establishing a national, civilian-led mine action authority … the high number of casualties reported in Myanmar and … the renewed threat of landmine use. According to …