Humanitarian demining in peace support operations: NATO's experience in former Yugoslavia

Article Abstract:

The joint NATO force that neutralizes unspent ordnance and demines Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo, is described. More than 750,000 mines are suspected to have been laid the region, only about a third of which are recorded.

Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Military aspects, Military policy, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Peacekeeping forces

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Humanitarian demining: the industrial aspects

Article Abstract:

Several firms that market equipment for demining used in the former Yugoslavia, Korea, and elsewhere, are profiled, including: Bofors' Mine Guzzler vehicles, Diehl's wide-area mine clearing combine, and others.

United States, Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Germany, Computers & Auxiliary Equip, Industry Overview, Investigations, Defense industry, Diehl Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung und Co., Bofors AB, Hunting Engineering

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Humanitarian demining

Article Abstract:

There is a possibility to design entirely new devices and systematic methods for humanitarian demining through application of both the present and future technologies. These technologies include signal processing and algorithms for analyzing sensor information that were initially designed for 'smart bombs' and other active targeting equipment. It is approximated that around 100,000 mines are cleared per year.

World

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