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2020-01-31 Government

Trump administration to upend Obama-era restrictions on landmines: sources

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-31 02:35|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Muzzies can use IEDs, but lindmines are no no.

p.s. Mine around the wall?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-31 05:15|| 2020-01-31 05:15|| Front Page Top

#2 ...seems to have worked around the DMZ in Korea.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-31 07:30|| 2020-01-31 07:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Do claymores count?

Posted by AlanC 2020-01-31 07:52|| 2020-01-31 07:52|| Front Page Top

#4 I've been saying usig landmines for a wall on the southern border for along time. Maybe Trump has another great plan ahead.

Posted by Chris 2020-01-31 09:45|| 2020-01-31 09:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Do claymores count?

The M18 Claymore is a mine. But a command detonated one and one that can be and is expected to be recovered after deployment if not used so it fell outside of the ban.

The only other anti-personnel mine the US used was the M16 mine. Based off the German "Bouncing Betty" S mine. It has a charge which propels it out of the ground to explode at a height of 3-5 feet and spray the area with ball barrings.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-01-31 09:53|| 2020-01-31 09:53|| Front Page Top

#6 ^Snicker* I remember an old Vietnam-era anecdote about how "The US Army does NOT use boobytraps, sir! Those are 'mechanical ambushes'."

Posted by magpie 2020-01-31 11:51|| 2020-01-31 11:51|| Front Page Top

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