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Ukraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe. (wapo.st)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

They can't mark and track these with GPS? It seems like it would be a smart idea to keep notes on the precise location of every mine, and whether or not it's been removed or exploded. It's not like it's the 1950s, when a landmine's location was a mystery after it was buried. (Or is Russia planting these mines?)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Keeping track of the mines location is just an invitation for your opponent to gain a map of all of your troops movements

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It would be a humanitarian thing to do after a conflict is over. "We're leaving but here is where the mines are."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You're right, but there's nothing humanitarian about a military conflict.

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