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From:
Eric Wilhelm
Date:
January 3, 2008 01:17
Subject:
Re: demining
Message ID:
200801030117.22051.ewilhelm@cpan.org
# from Aristotle Pagaltzis
# on Wednesday 02 January 2008 16:47:

>> looking for (and diffusing) mines
>
>That sounds like a novel approach! Or do you mean “defusing”? :-)

Yeah :-D  Diffuse is probably what they do when you find them the less 
careful way!

I guess the tank+flail mechanism is still in use, so that would 
adequately describe that process.  Apparently it makes a huge mess 
though.  If you want tidier demining, you have to walk on specially 
made tiptoes:
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Spezialschuhe_eines_Minenraeumanzuges.jpg

--Eric
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