Rebels have become the most prolific users of landmines but still display significant variation in how they employ and restrict weapon’s use. This article argues that rebels exercise restraint on landmine use depends which audiences rely most. In a comparative case study three Philippine rebel groups—the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Abu Sayyaf Group, New People’s Army—this highlights main fin...

This paper describes the software of a terrain scanning robot capable of autonomously manipulating a typical handheld detector for remote sensing of buried landmines in a manner similar to a human operator. The autonomous manipulation of the detector on unknown terrain requires an online terrain map to generate an obstacle free path for the end effector of the robot. The software includes a two...

The quadrupole resonance (QR) technology can be used as a confirming sensor for buried plastic landmine detection by detecting the explosives within the mine. We focus herein on the detection of TNT mines via the QR sensor. Since the frequency of the QR signal is located within the AM radio frequency band, the QR signal can be corrupted by strong radio frequency interferences (RFIs). Hence to d...

As the landmine is now always detonated by electronic fuzes which are usually powered battery inside landmines. a weapon, landmines required to be reliable during long service time and performance of essential operation effectiveness This paper analyzes qualitatively main factors have effects on improving strategic choice lithium thionyl chloride used for certain weapon power up based SWOT-AHP ...

The purpose of this research was to synthesize basic and fundamental findings in quantum computing, as applied to the attack and defense of conventional computer networks. The concept focuses on uses of radio waves as a shield for, and attack against traditional computers. A logic bomb is analogous to a landmine in a computer network, and if one was to implement it as nontrivial mitigation, it ...

INTRODUCTION Access to governmental and international nongovernmental sources of health care within eastern Myanmar's conflict regions is virtually nonexistent. Historically, under these circumstances effective care for the victims of trauma, particularly landmine injuries, has been severely deficient. Recognizing this, community-based organizations (CBOs) providing health care in these regions...

Today, most research institutes dealing with landmine detection as a topic and even within many mine action communities there is a stereotype landmine image, where the only challenge is considered to be the detection of the small lowor nonmetallic anti-personnel blast mine. Indeed, this plastic cased pressure operated mine is difficult to detect. However, to the well protected deminer adhering ...