Post A8ChlhYD6V4jVlrbFY by Phoenix_Borealis@dragon.style
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 (DIR) Post #A8Cd0HzttSB6pdx5Vo by JonathanMBR@mstdn.social
       2021-06-12T07:33:07Z
       
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       Magawa, the rat, who got a gold medal for his heroism, is retiring from his job of sniffing out landmines in Cambodia's countryside.But a crew of new trainees is ready for duty. DW
       
 (DIR) Post #A8CeJ4tivCUtf0aNo8 by gemlog@tilde.zone
       2021-06-12T07:47:43Z
       
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       @JonathanMBR https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57345703
       
 (DIR) Post #A8Cg60zCLzfDfk2sFM by JonathanMBR@mstdn.social
       2021-06-12T08:07:47Z
       
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       @gemlog there are 110 million mines planted on earth and it will take 500 years to remove them all, supposing no land mine is planted from now henceforth, crazy world.
       
 (DIR) Post #A8ChlhYD6V4jVlrbFY by Phoenix_Borealis@dragon.style
       2021-06-12T08:26:29Z
       
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       @JonathanMBR @Gumby Your cousins out here doing good things for elephants and people. 💖
       
 (DIR) Post #A8DVuOswrmnxw4uAxE by gemlog@tilde.zone
       2021-06-12T17:48:19Z
       
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       @JonathanMBR I didn't know the approximate number, but I knew there were many million.I wonder what happens after the rat locates one? Is it detonated or someone puts their life on the line to defuse it?I remember seeing a land clearing 'tank' that had chain flails on the front. It just drove through the field in a pattern and withstood the blasts it set off.
       
 (DIR) Post #A8Eeydj6iqrrrwMGye by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
       2021-06-12T17:51:56Z
       
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       @gemlog Unlike a human or dog, the rat is too light to detonate the mine (making this method far safer for everyone involved).It is then removed using the normal methods of dealing with such UXO, which may be either controlled detonation in a safely evacuated zone or traditional defusing (depends on what else is around)@JonathanMBR
       
 (DIR) Post #A8EeyeG4kHEtWBmbMe by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
       2021-06-12T17:56:37Z
       
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       @gemlog although thankfully we do not have that many remaining mines or other UXO in the UK, there were a lot left over after WW II and its not /that/ uncommon to still find the odd few in coastal areas even today and various other items - I see the EOD (Explosives/Ordnance Disposal) vans quite often,  as they are based at Colchester)https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2773&context=cisr-journal@JonathanMBR
       
 (DIR) Post #A8Eeyei549dmv2sy12 by gemlog@tilde.zone
       2021-06-12T20:00:46Z
       
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       @vfrmedia I seem to encounter stories of bombs being discovered quite often in germany.@JonathanMBR
       
 (DIR) Post #A8Eeyf9NQfTWHhelYu by vilbi@bonn.social
       2021-06-12T20:07:41Z
       
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       @gemlogIt is a question of volume dropped1940 10.000 Tonnen, 1941 30.000 t, 1942 40.000 t, 1943 120.000 t, 1944 650.000 t und 1945 500.000 Tonnen BombenTherof insgesamt 135.000 bis 270.000 Tonnen als BlindgängerAbout 100.000 Bombs are still somewhere aktive in the Ground... about 5.000 are found per year... @vfrmedia @JonathanMBR