clearing a minefield

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• minefield breaching — In land mine warfare, the process of clearing a lane through a minefield under tactical conditions. See also minefield lane …   Military dictionary

• Mine-clearing line charge — Detonation of a MICLIC to destroy a 1km in depth blast resistant minefield in Iraq. A mine clearing line charge (abbreviated MCLC and pronounced mick lick ) is used to create a breach in minefields under combat conditions. While there are many… …   Wikipedia

• Cluster munition — SD2 Butterfly Bomb circa 1940. Wings rotate as bomb falls, unscrewing the arming spindle connected to the fuze A cluster munition is a form of air dropped or ground launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller sub munitions. Commonly …   Wikipedia

• Cluster bomb — Cluster munitions or cluster bombs are air dropped or ground launched munitions that eject a number of smaller submunitions: a cluster of bomblets. The most common types are intended to kill enemy personnel and destroy vehicles. Submunition based …   Wikipedia

• USS Alden (DD-211) — was a Clemson class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, named for Rear Admiral James Alden, Jr. (1810–1877). Alden was laid down on 24 October 1918 and launched on 14 May 1919 by William Cramp and Sons; sponsored by Miss… …   Wikipedia

• Josef Stanislaw Kosacki — Lieutenant Josef Stanislaw Kosacki was a Polish soldier who is credited with inventing the metal detector for the clearing of minefields during the Second World War.References* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/coast/programmes/09 john o groats berwick.shtml …   Wikipedia

• Naval mine — Polish wz. 08/39 contact mine. The protuberances around the top of the mine, called Hertz horns, are part of the detonation mechanism …   Wikipedia

• Land mine — For other uses, see Land mine (disambiguation). Minefield redirects here. For other uses, see Minefield (disambiguation). Examples of anti personnel mines. From left to right: an M14, Valmara 69 (a bounding mine), and VS 50 …   Wikipedia

• Demining — Colombian soldier minesweeping. Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing either land mines, or naval mines, from an area, while minesweeping describes the act of detecting of mines. There are two distinct types of mine detection and… …   Wikipedia

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• Mine flail — A preserved, World War 2, Sherman Crab – an M4 Sherman tank fitted with a flail A mine flail is a vehicle mounted device that makes a safe path through a mine field by deliberately detonating land mines in front of the vehicle that carries it.… …   Wikipedia