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On this week's Task & Purpose video, Thom Tran explores the history of land mines and the vital, problematic role on the ...
When they discovered a land mine, one of the service members ... Boom! A look at World War II anti-personnel mines. (Wikimedia Commons) Not all mines were the same, either. Some were small and ...
The number of land mine-related incidents has surged, particularly as displaced people return to former front-line areas.
Land mines and other unexploded remnants of war continue to pose a deadly threat across Syria, causing widespread casualties ...
Poverty and starvation now compound the problem, as farmers let lands go fallow rather than risk hitting a rogue mine while harvesting their fields. The problem places a burden on the government ...
Ronin, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, has found 109 land mines and 15 other unexploded ordnances in Cambodia ...
How Were Mines Used in World War II? Both the Axis and Allies used mines effectively in different roles. On land, well-placed vast minefields slowed or deterred the enemy. Crossing or clearing a ...
The trio suddenly noticed a visible mine lying on the ground. Panicked, Khalil and his friends tried to leave, but he stepped on a land mine and it exploded. His friends, terrified, ran to find an ...
The trio suddenly noticed a visible mine lying on the ground. Panicked, Khalil and his friends tried to leave, but he stepped on a land mine and it exploded. His friends, terrified, ran to find an ...