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Calvin Ruysen Desk Officer, Southern Africa Region Technical Challenges in Humanitarian Clearance of Anti Vehicle Mines: A Field Perspective Anti Vehicle Mines Cause Civilian Accidents Structured Minefields Herat, Afghanistan Cuito

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Calvin Ruysen Desk Officer, Southern Africa Region

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Technical Challenges in Humanitarian Clearance

f Anti‐Vehicle Mines: A Field Perspective

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Anti‐Vehicle Mines Cause Civilian Accidents

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Structured Minefields

Herat, Afghanistan Cuito Cuanavale, Angola

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Large Open Areas

Herat, Afghanistan

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Roads and Tracks

Nagorno Karabakh

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Metal‐Cased Anti‐Vehicle Mines

Easy to locate with metal detectors
Faster, less costly clearance

Minimum‐Metal Anti‐Vehicle Mines

Very difficult or impossible to locate with metal detectors
Slower, more costly clearance

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Jebrail, Western Afghanistan

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Jebrail Clearance

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Cuito Cuanavale

Roads in Southern Angola

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Clearance on Sandy Roads

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Ground‐Penetrating Radar

Beyond Metal Detectors

Gill Bucket
Rotary Mine Comb

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Alternative Techniques

Explosive Trace Detection
Tillers and Flails
Other Prototypes

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Impact of Clearance

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