Old landmines get destroyed in Surin
By Watcharachai Klaipong
The Nation

 

 

SURIN: -- To mark the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, which falls on April 4 every year, army officers brought 3,000 mines to be destroyed in a ceremony held on Tuesday at Ban Charas in Surin’s Bua Ched district.

 

Royal Thai Armed Forces’ Thailand Mine Action Centre officers, together with Thai Civilian Deminer Association personnel, placed mines and explosives retrieved from the Thai-Cambodia border area in one-metre-deep holes before detonating them during the ceremony.

 

The landmine clearance activities are important to prevent landmine accidents from causing accidental deaths, particularly of villagers in the border area, and to provide safe areas at border crossings to facilitate trade.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30311273

 

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This on the west side of the Chong Sa Ngom crossing Si Seket. Until this problem is taken care off that crossing will not be fully active like Chong Chom.

Its a real tradegy to see that there is still so much ordinance left in the ground causing death and injury so many decades later. I see they are still clearing mines from around El Alamein some 70 years later. Hats off to the people who clear the mines. 

1 hour ago, tso310 said:

Its a real tradegy to see that there is still so much ordinance left in the ground causing death and injury so many decades later. I see they are still clearing mines from around El Alamein some 70 years later. Hats off to the people who clear the mines. 

Go and look on you tube about land mines in lowe. The most bombed country on the planet. 

 

Holy mackrel landmines in Surin. I'm going there for Songkran!
Make note-to-self.
- Pack long piece of wire to check for land mines. Check
- Buy metal detector. Check
- Look on internet for shrapnel proof underwear. Check

19 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

 

 

Edited April 5, 20179 yr by FangFerang
I meant to ask why the US gov isn't involved? They have the most delayed-blast blood on their hands

I wonder why the US gov isn't involved with this kick starter program?  We have the most delayed-blast blood on our hands.

2 minutes ago, FangFerang said:

I wonder why the US gov isn't involved with this kick starter program?  We have the most delayed-blast blood on our hands.

 

They are. BTW that ordnance is not from the US.

Edited April 5, 20179 yr by khwaibah

nothing less than the highest respect for these developers , however i would like to know how they are approaching the task of locating plastic mines.The starter project gives  a basic overview of the machines capabilities but  there is not much science or engineering  being shared. A quick google shows how hard it has been to detect plastic mines with researchers in the US now working on a ground temperature sensing technique and more exciting is the MITs' work using sound to locate and identify not only the type of mine but even its' manufacturing origin

https://phys.org/news/2009-05-facility-equipment.html#nRlv

https://phys.org/news/2007-01-detecting-land-mines-with-sound.html#nRlv