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Land mines Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines Written by the Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Anti-Personnel Landmines for the Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council. This book looks at alternatives to anti-personnel landmines. It provides a history of the use of landmines, their role in warfare, capabilities, and alternatives available at present and in the future. Alternatives to Anti-Personnel Landmines This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report, RTO-TR-040(I), written by Mr. K.T. Wong and Mr. E.R. Carbone for the RTO Studies Analysis and Simulation Panel, dated May 2003. The report considers alternative technology to anti-personnel landmines and the impact on force capabilities of not using landmines. This has become an issue beacuse seventeen out of nineteen NATO nations have signed the Ottawa Convention which prohibits the use of landmines. The report looks at anti-personnel mine capability, both materiel (technological) and non-materiel (tactics, doctrine) alternatives. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (3.37 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Army Technology Image Gallery Image gallery of equipment, systems and components of the defence industry including; ammunition and fuzes; armoured fighting vehicles and upgrades; artillery and mortars; bridging and breaching equipment; civil defence, security and law enforcement products and services; explosives; small arms; NBC equipment; surveillance systems; and turrets. There is also a section titled projects which features air defence missile systems, anti-armour missiles, armoured fighting vehicles, artillery systems, attack helicopters, main battle tanks, support helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles. Once pictures have been selected, clicking on them takes you to a profile of the equipment and details of the manufacturer. Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies (CCMAT) This web site describes the history of the centre and why it was set up and why it is needed. The mission of the centre is to carry out research and development to develop economic technologies to detect and neutralise mines and to protect personnel from landmines and also alternatives to replace the use of landmines. The organisation functions in conjunction with Canadian Industry who provide funding and expertise. CCMAT also aims to collaborate internationally, sharing technology and information with other countries. The site includes a page on research programmes and technological reports, there are also links and FAQs. Demine Web Site This web site is provided by the Society for Counter-Ordnance Technology (SCOT), which promotes technology, communication and research into humanitarian demining and countering mines and unexploded ordnance. It provides information on conferences and symposia on international mine warfare and mine countermeasures technologies and links to full text presentations and papers given at the events, including the International Symposia on Technology and the Mine Problem. The site also provides access to the Mine Lines Newsletter. E-Mine: The Electronic Mine Information Network This organisation was founded as a result of the United Nations Secretary General's reforms. The mine-related activities of 11 different UN departments have been co-ordinated to form UNMAS. Its mission is to monitor mine-clearance programmes around the world, funded by voluntary and other means. It develops and implements policy, and sends missions to assess global mine-threat. The web site provides links to the 11 departments which form UNMAS and gives details about the service. It provides a map of the world from which documents projects and reports on individual countries can be accessed. The site also provides a standards and documents database, information on research projects, and information regarding mine clearance, awareness, stockpile destruction and victim assistance. The site is also available in French and Spanish. Grenades, Mines and Boobytraps A comprehensive enthusiast website covering hand grenades, rifle grenades, landmines, boobytraps and demolition charges, and their related fuzes. Details include information on their construction, use and functionality. The manuals, documents and images are mostly historical and relate to hand-held grenades from 52 countries around the world. Copyright for the website belongs to the site author and the content is intended for non-commercial, individual use only. Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs This is the site of the former U.S. Department of Defense Humanitarian Demining Policy and forms a permanent archive of information prior to 20 January 2001 when the Bush Administration began. The web site includes humanitarian demining briefings, fact sheets and information on demining programs, and landmine policy. Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement Part of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, within the Department of State, the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement aims to curb the proliferation of conventional weapons such as light automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades, and removes and destroys landmines and abandoned stocks of munitions that pose hazards after the cessation of armed conflict. The site provides access to the American government's demining policy, press releases, fact sheets, related reports and an archive of information from the Office's inception in 1995 up until 20 January 2001 -made up from the previous Office under the Clinton Administration. Survey of Mine Clearance Technology This report was written by J.A. Craib and published by the United Nations University in September 1994. The report outlines mine detection and clearance equipment and the potential of new technologies to improve demining and unexploded explosive ordnance disposal equipment. The report provides a brief analysis of mine types including anti tank mines, anti personnel mines, submunitions and munitions. It then goes on to provide an overview of current mine detection technologies and the most promising technologies including infra red or thermal imaging, visible spectrum photography, ground penetrating radar and biosensors. It then looks at current hand and mechanical mine clearance technolgies such as ploughs, rollers and sifting, and possible technological advances including vibrating rollers and high power microwaves. There is also a brief section on the possible application of robotics or remotely piloted vehicles. Test Methodologies for Personal Protective Equipment Against Anti-Personnel Mine Blast This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report by the RTO Human Factors and Medicine Panel Task Group, RTO-TR-HFM-089, dated March 2004. The report presents the results of the task group's project to create a database that defines methods for testing personal protective equipment against anti-personnel blast and fragmentation mines. The report looks at test methodologies, the physics of mine explosions and injuries they cause, mine test methodologies, injury models for tests that involve the lower extremities and models for the upper body, and recommends guidelines for mine tests. The Mine Warfare Association (MINWARA) MINWARA is a non-profit organisation committed to the raising of awareness and education about mine warfare and the impact of mines. The site gives details about the organisation, proceedings from recent symposia and meetings, the Mine Lines Newsletter, information on land mines and a list of links to other web sites on similar topics.
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