#mineclearance — Public Fediverse posts
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A leaked Pentagon report suggested it could take six months to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz, but the Pentagon has denied this, calling it 'dishonest journalism'.
#HormuzStrait, #MineClearance, #Pentagon, #OilPrices, #GlobalShipping
https://newsletter.tf/hormuz-strait-mine-clearance-pentagon-denies-delay/ -
A friend is involved in a project training rats to sniff out mines for clearance. The rats are too light to trigger the mines, but bloody good at finding them, when there's a yummy reward in it for them.
Being a vegan, I was pretty concerned about this at first. But my friend says the rats are well cared for - as the essential workers they are - their bills are covered for housing, food, healthcare etc, and they have a retirement home to live out their natural life.
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"This is a new campaign, starting right now, to help save Ukrainian lives during this terrible war by funding robots that can clear mines."
#TimothySnyder, 2014
https://snyder.substack.com/p/safe-terrain
Even a highly accurate clock is wrong occasionally. This is a classic example of a solution (robots!) in search of a problem.
Instead of funding boondoggles that help corporations develop yet more proprietary tech, why not donate to some of the well-established mine-clearing methods?
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Ukraine faces one of the largest mine contamination issues since World War II, with ongoing clearance efforts likely to take 3-5 years to resolve 75-80% of the problem. The UN estimates Ukraine to be the most mine-contaminated country globally. Ukrainian forests still hold mines from WWII. The situation is compared to Europe's post-war clearance efforts. #Ukraine #MineClearance
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The Come Back Alive Foundation and the telecommunications company Kyivstar launched the “Let us live here” project https://mil.in.ua/en/news/come-back-alive-foundation-launched-a-project-to-equip-sappers/ #ComeBackAlive #MineClearance #Mines #Ukraine #Volunteers
https://twitter.com/militarnyi_en/status/1661663801601667072
Reposted from Twitter by @nafobot
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Irish troops start training Ukrainian servicemen in Cyprus. https://mil.in.ua/en/news/irish-troops-start-demining-training-for-the-ukrainian-military-in-cyprus/ #Cyprus #EU #Europe #Ireland #MilitaryAssistance #MineClearance #Training #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar
https://twitter.com/militarnyi_en/status/1656587432316338178
Reposted from Twitter by @nafobot