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Re: [DS2] Question About Spotting Mine Fields

From: "Laserlight" <laserlight@q...>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:01:24 -0400
Subject: Re: [DS2] Question About Spotting Mine Fields

I said:
> ><g> no, some nations can determine whether a minefield is live or
not by
> >using trash infantry, civilians, etc

Ryan said:
> A false field is sometimes made by plowing it up and placing a few
> real mines in obvious places as a means of making it look like a
real
> field.  The "send a few civies into the minefield to see if it's
real or not"
> could result in a number of false positives.

Easily solved.	Send more civilians.  If it's not real, you'll find
out; if it is real, well, you were going to clear it anyway.

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